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What is the purpose of the "desktop.ini" file in Windows and how can I keep it from being generated?

What is the purpose of the "desktop.ini" file in Windows and how can I keep it from being generated?

It's not a big problem, but I'm comparing a lot of directories and desktop.ini keeps throwing off the total file size and file count. How can I make Windows stop generating it, and what does it do?

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Guest [Entry]

"I found the answer: You can stop auto-generating desktop.ini files by unchecking ""Remember each folder's view settings"" in the Folder Options/View (or similar) settings. While this will not allow each folder to have its own unique size, view mode, etc., that's fine with me because I want all my folders to look and behave the same way.

""Hide protected operating system files"" may treat the symptoms sometimes, but is not really a solution, because while the Windows OS may know to hide the files, other software (duplicate finding/synchronization, other OS's when this disk is shared) may not.

In Windows 7, this should work:

Open the registry editor (Start → type regedit → hit Enter)
Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Add a DWORD value UseDesktopIniCache (if it doesn't exist yet), and set its value to 0 (zero)

Source: Nevermore Be Bothered by Desktop.ini"
Guest [Entry]

desktop.ini stores information about "special" qualities for folders, such as fancy icons, or displaying the file listings in a different way from default. It's harmless, and really I'd reccomend just subtracting one ;)
Qnaxjh [Entry]

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