Desktop.ini?

[Taky]

Wondering why something called desktop.ini keeps showing up on my desktop? Literally just built the pc with all new parts and it showed up right after installing windows

[gbergeron]

2 minutes ago, Taky said:

Wondering why something called desktop.ini keeps showing up on my desktop? Literally just built the pc with all new parts and it showed up right after installing windows

It's just standard hidden file.

 

Go to windows explorer --> tools --> folder options --> view options --> checkmark "hide hidden folders"

 

Boom, desktop.ini is gone  

[Taky]

13 minutes ago, gbergeron said:

It's just standard hidden file.

 

Go to windows explorer --> tools --> folder options --> view options --> checkmark "hide hidden folders"

 

Boom, desktop.ini is gone  

Wow thanks so much

[gbergeron]

Just now, Taky said:

Wow thanks so much

No worries buddy cheers

[GoodBytes]

12 hours ago, Taky said:

Wondering why something called desktop.ini keeps showing up on my desktop? Literally just built the pc with all new parts and it showed up right after installing windows

Windows (since, like Windows 95, I think) allows folders to have custom names and icons. This is defined with the file "desktop.ini" that each folder which has either has.

For example, Documents folder, has desktop.ini which defines the the icon that you see, instead of the standard folder icon. And if you take that desktop.ini, and move it to another folder called, say refresh the cache (you can't do it by hand, you need to make a program and call the API call), and it will appear as "Documents"  despite actually being called test, and have the Documents icon.