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JulianCastro
Feb 14, 2025Copper Contributor
A way to get rid of Desktop.ini from Desktop folder in win11.
Hi folks, Apparently, a fix exists that makes the windows registry take the data of that file in charge but infos on the net claim it doesn't work anymore on win10., so i've assumed it wouldn"t ...
Gaup
Nov 27, 2025Bronze Contributor
This prevents the file from being created in the first place:
- Press Win + R, type gpedit.msc and press Enter
- Navigate to: User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → File Explorer
- Find and double-click "Turn off the display of hidden system files in Windows Explorer"
- Set it to Enabled and click OK
- Open Command Prompt as admin and run: gpupdate /force.
MarkoRamius
Jan 21, 2026Copper Contributor
That definitely doesn't prevent the files from being created. It just hides them in Windows Explorer. That's all.