N
Nil
I don't believe so. "Show Hidden Files" is an all-or-nothing, system-
wide proposition, and I don't know of a way to exclude those files. I
wish I could - they annoy me, too.
wide proposition, and I don't know of a way to exclude those files. I
wish I could - they annoy me, too.
A
Andy Burns
Not really, but you could move them so they're nearly off the bottom
right corner of the screen ...
G
Gene E. Bloch
Another thing to try, if you can't successfully ignore them, is to
install Fences and put them into a Fence. Then shrink that fence to very
small.
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
I use the free version, but really to help organize my desktop.
M
mick
I have a new laptop and of course I am configuring it to suit my taste. One
the box 'Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)' click
Apply then close window.
In windows explorer go to the Tools menu, Folder Options, View, tick
the box 'Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)' click
Apply then close window.
G
Gene E. Bloch
I also have (or did have) two, but I gave up trying to psych out Windows
7.
I'm not sure of the current status, since I've hidden them from my
sight, probably by sticking them at the bottom a Fences window.
OK, I looked. That is exactly how I hid them, and I do have two of them.
My suspicion: one is for my personal user account and one is for All
Users.
Actually, the properties panel of the second one shows that it's in
C:\Users\Public\Desktop.
Aren't you glad you asked?
J
Jeff
I like you. We think alike
J
Jeff
Ah, but I want to see them.
K
Ken1943
I always deleted them and never had a problem.
KenW
N
Nil
I believe it's because our view of "The Desktop" is really a composite
of the one in our profile, plus the one for All Users. That's why you
sometimes get asked, when installing an application, whether you want
to create a shortcut for only you, or for everybody. Both the Desktop
and the Start Menu are similar in that regard. There are two
desktop.ini files, one from your profile and one from All Users.
C
Char Jackson
It sounds like you want to see SOME of the hidden files, but not all
of them. Like others have said, I don't think you can do that via the
standard GUI options. The show/hide options aren't that granular.
K
Ken1943
That could be. I still think some program just stuck them there "in
passing" and they don't really do anything. The other thing is a program
used a command window and it didn't get cleaned up ?
Everything is just a guess because it happens so fast.
KenW
G
Gene E. Bloch
desktop.ini files belong to Windows, which complains if you try to
delete one.
On occasion I have deleted one or another of them, but they always come
back, like the cat in the song, or my creditors.
But when I did delete one, nothing bad ever seems to have happened.
To be perfectly clear: I have no idea what they're good for
N
Nil
They hold customization information, like if you change thedesktop.ini files belong to Windows, which complains if you try to
delete one.
On occasion I have deleted one or another of them, but they always
come back, like the cat in the song, or my creditors.
But when I did delete one, nothing bad ever seems to have
happened.
To be perfectly clear: I have no idea what they're good for
Customize options to something other than the default. It has other
more obscure directions, too. I'm just now looking at one of mine,
and I'm surprised to see:
============
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
Norton Internet Security.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\Branding\muis.dll,-102
WildTangent Games App - hp.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\WILDTA~1\TOUCHP~1\hp\MUILink.exe,-105
WildTangent Games App - wildgames.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\WILDTA~1\TOUCHP~1\WILDGA~1\MUILink.exe,-105
============
Surprised because one of the first things I did when I got this
netbook about 3 years ago, was to remove all Norton and Wildtangent
products. So why are they still mentioned in this file?!?
J
John Williamson
Because when you tell Norton to delete itself, it doesn't completely doNil said:They hold customization information, like if you change thedesktop.ini files belong to Windows, which complains if you try to
delete one.
On occasion I have deleted one or another of them, but they always
come back, like the cat in the song, or my creditors.
But when I did delete one, nothing bad ever seems to have
happened.
To be perfectly clear: I have no idea what they're good for
Customize options to something other than the default. It has other
more obscure directions, too. I'm just now looking at one of mine,
and I'm surprised to see:
============
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
Norton Internet Security.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~2\Branding\muis.dll,-102
WildTangent Games App - hp.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\WILDTA~1\TOUCHP~1\hp\MUILink.exe,-105
WildTangent Games App - wildgames.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~1\WILDTA~1\TOUCHP~1\WILDGA~1\MUILink.exe,-105
============
Surprised because one of the first things I did when I got this
netbook about 3 years ago, was to remove all Norton and Wildtangent
products. So why are they still mentioned in this file?!?
so. You have to download a program from the Norton website which will
remove all traces of Norton from your system. Wildtangent may need
further investigation and registry hacking, as a lot of games programs
leave stuff all over your system when you remove them.
The links you gave look like links to icons, for what it's worth.
J
Jeff
I have a new laptop and of course I am configuring it to suit my taste.
One of the things I did is change the folder options so that I can see
hidden system files and the file extensions.
One problem that caused is there is now "desktop.ini" visible on my
desktop. In fact there are 2 !
The first says
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
CyberLink Media
Suite.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~2\CYBERL~1\MEDIAS~1\MUITRA~1\PSEnvRes.dll,-110
and the other is *different* and says
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
I know that if I delete them they will just reform.
Is there a way I can have hidden files visible in the folders but not
having desktop.ini visible on the desktop?
Thanks, Jeff
One of the things I did is change the folder options so that I can see
hidden system files and the file extensions.
One problem that caused is there is now "desktop.ini" visible on my
desktop. In fact there are 2 !
The first says
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21799
[LocalizedFileNames]
CyberLink Media
Suite.lnk=@C:\PROGRA~2\CYBERL~1\MEDIAS~1\MUITRA~1\PSEnvRes.dll,-110
and the other is *different* and says
[.ShellClassInfo]
LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769
IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183
I know that if I delete them they will just reform.
Is there a way I can have hidden files visible in the folders but not
having desktop.ini visible on the desktop?
Thanks, Jeff
S
SC Tom
I agree with KenW; I deleted them from both my Win7 machines and my VistaKen1943 said:
laptop, and they haven't showed up again. Whether or not UAC has anything to
do with it or not, I don't know, but I have it turned off on all three of my
machines. The only other thing it might be that keeps them from coming back
could possibly be Classic Shell, but I looked and didn't see any specific
setting to hide only the Desktop ones (or any of them for that matter). I
think a simple deletion took care of them.
J
Jeff
Great ideas guys!
Anyone know why I have 2 instead of just one?
S
Seth
So, you want to show hidden files but not see hidden files?
C
charlie
desktop.ini files belong to Windows, which complains if you try to
delete one.
On occasion I have deleted one or another of them, but they always come
back, like the cat in the song, or my creditors.
But when I did delete one, nothing bad ever seems to have happened.
To be perfectly clear: I have no idea what they're good for
So, one might expect to find multiple desktop.ini files when there are
multiple users with their unique profiles. I wonder what happens in a
corporate environment with many potential users, and network based user
profiles. When I read the thread, I had visions of a display filled with
nothing but desktop.ini icons. Ecch!
C
Char Jackson
With each user seeing a max of two?
That wouldn't be the case.