Unwanted "Desktop.ini" icons appear on desktop. Windows 7 64bit

Anonymous
2009-12-13T07:16:51+00:00

These icons are not short cuts, but notepad files.  Why are they there?   How can they be eliminated?

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Ramesh 181.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2009-12-13T09:17:29+00:00

Hi AntipodeamRJ,

Enabling the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) setting in Folder Options hides the two Desktop.ini files, as well. To access the Folder Options, open Windows Explorer, click Organize, click Folder and Search Options and select the View tab.

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-23T21:47:32+00:00

    I tries the above and it did not work

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  2. Ramesh 181.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2016-05-21T04:46:36+00:00

    In Windows Explorer, not IE.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-21T02:05:17+00:00

    Where is the 'organize" area in Internet Explorer??? It says to click Organize???/

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-03-04T15:02:04+00:00

    thanks dear

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