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With all due respect, I didn't say it wouldn't work for you. I said it didn't work for me, and I haven't altered any flags for these files because I wouldn't know how to anyway. Here's a screen capture so you can see I'm not talking out of my hat.
You are indeed correct. I never had this problem on my Vista based machine so I automatically assumed it was attributed to Windows 7. In Windows Explorer the desktop.ini files are not displayed so I will contact the author of Xplorer2 and let him know he has a bug to solve.
Thanks for helping me identify the source of my issue. :)
The answer is simple. The reason you are seeing 'desktop.ini' everywhere in Windows 7
is because you have unchecked the 'Hide protected operating system files (recommended)'
box in the 'View' tab on the 'Folder Options' window.
Hidden Files and Folders - Show or Hide
To fix it, click on the Windows logo in the bottom left corner of the screen, click on
'Control Panel', click on 'Folder Options', click on 'View' tab, check the 'Hide protected
operating system files (recommended)' box, click on 'Apply' before clicking on 'OK' to
finish.
That should solve the problem. Even with the 'Hide protected operating system files
(recommended)' box checked, you can still set 'Hidden files and folders' to 'Show hidden
files, folders and drives' if you still want to access hidden files and folders on your
computer.
As an example, I too had the 'desktop.ini' file in the root directory on virtual drive S:
(which is actually 'C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup'
directory), and when I checked on the 'Hide protected operating system files (recommended)'
box, the 'desktop.ini' file just disappeared from view, but I am still able to see hidden
files and hidden folders and open them too.
Hope that helps.
CHD
Last edited by Brink; 22 May 2011 at 21:24. Reason: added link
@CoolHipDude,
I don't recall asking "how to make it appear as if there were no desktop.ini files in my folder".My question is simple - how do I stop Windows 7 from ever creating another one of these files again (that is, until next reinstall or some such thing, I'm just trying to be dramatic)?
LOL this isnt getting anywhere.
I find my self annoyed by this feature having the desktop.ini apear everywhere.
But from a programmers point of view, this is the best solution for keeping folder customization information for each folder.
Problem i find is that if i copy 1 desktop.ini from customized folder into another, the another folder will not change thus making me think that the customizations of what ever folder you change is still stored somewhere in windows rather then in desktop.ini, because deleting desktop.ini changes only associated icon (if any), and creating desktop.ini with exact same text will not bring the icon back to the folder it located ever, unless you do it step by step with right click/customize etc.