What is this and why do I keep seeing it all over? Sometimes AVG wigs out about it and I keep finding it on my thumb drives and, whenever I put a record-able CD in my drive, it shows up there as "waiting to be written to disk"...what gives? I've done a bit of reading and I'm not real sure what's goin on with this.
desktop.ini
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you should be able to right click on the file and remove it from the list of files that are waiting to be written to disk.
it's a system file that caches the folder view for faster loading of things like thumbnail pictures of the pictures inside a folder, or the little mini view of a picture that can appear as the icon.
it's a system file that caches the folder view for faster loading of things like thumbnail pictures of the pictures inside a folder, or the little mini view of a picture that can appear as the icon.
SofiaBrown
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Follow the given steps:
1. In any Windows Explorer window, click Tools → Folder Options…
2. Click on the View tab.
3. Check off the radio button next to “Do not show hidden files and foldersâ€.
4. Put a check in the box next to “Hide protected operating system filesâ€.
5. Click OK.
Once you have made these changes, Desktop.ini should be out of sight and out of mind. Here is a screen shot of the same folder from Figure 1. It's still customized, but Desktop.ini is nowhere to be seen.
1. In any Windows Explorer window, click Tools → Folder Options…
2. Click on the View tab.
3. Check off the radio button next to “Do not show hidden files and foldersâ€.
4. Put a check in the box next to “Hide protected operating system filesâ€.
5. Click OK.
Once you have made these changes, Desktop.ini should be out of sight and out of mind. Here is a screen shot of the same folder from Figure 1. It's still customized, but Desktop.ini is nowhere to be seen.
