Disable creation of desktop.ini files in Windows 8

You are top man , the solution is 100% correct .

This protected files just gone and now I have clear desktop.

Thank you so much.

Amen to that, why isnt the registry used?

I too have been around since 95 and win3.1

The whole thing with having crazy bugs like this floating around is totally annoying and should be fixed like right away. I know several coders who say they could fix this in half a day.

Some software vendors jump right on stuff like this and squash it right away. MS is so bloated its just one of thousands of bugs/complaints and I wonder how big that list really is.

I am still using outlook client cause I have worked in several enterprise and carrier environments that used Outlook. But the Outlook client with IMAP and POP3 integration is also full of easy fixes..

Folks who been around a while are scratching their heads at where this is all going. They will probably delete my post !

I can't help but note the following two points.

1.  For the most part, desktop.ini files CAN be removed with no ill effects; I regularly clean them out of the folders in my start menu hierarchy with no ill effects.  Cleaning it out of Downloads causes the custom icon to be removed, and no other problems.  So, contrary to the party rhetoric coming out of Microsoft, these are not essential, and can safely be deleted.

2.  They represent a monumental step backwards on the part of Microsoft.  I've been in the business long enough to remember the transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.  One of the big selling points of Windows 95 was that it had this wondrous thing called the registry that provided an alternative to per-application ini files clogging up your system.  Yet here we are over 20 years later, and Windows Explorer is STILL dropping ini files all over our systems.  You'd think that by now, Microsoft would have upgraded Windows Explorer to be a little less Windows 3.1'ish, and a bit more Windows 10'ish, meaning it would put this information in the registry.

I keep reading crap like this and have to chime in. 

Why do people want to answer questions when they have no clue what they are talking about?

Why do people evade a direct question, in this case how do i stop the useless creation of desktop.ini

and also leave my system files visible? 

I see all kinds of useless posts in this thread that dont work and also are wrong and misleading.

I just get fed up with searching google for a quick fix and having to read through post after post where the

question is perfectly phrased and a bunch of boneheads post useless answers. 

To any and all people who feel inclined to answer a technical post and dont have a good answer.

1. Read the original question and if you have to take out an old school pencil and paper and write down the 

pertinent information regarding the nature of the question.

2. Make sure your answer is concise and usable by the major public and correct
3. Make sure you have answered the question and not dancing around the issue making it look like you know something.

For anyone who wants to prove the statements about desktop.ini, go ahead and delete it and you will see essentially nothing happens. Why the F Microsoft insists on allowing annoying things like this into their operating system is beyond me. I'm sure there is a better way to do this. 

All I want, for my own peice of mind is how to quickly and accurately STOP the creation of files that are useless as desktop.ini. For anyone who has taken the time to read this rant, dont download anyone home made fixer tools, they are probably full of malicious code. 

Dont freak out when making a registry change, Microsoft used to issue such strong warnings about messing with the registry if you are not Microsoft certified.. More crap.. Just keep track of what you did and back it out if you find it to be causing issues.. Granted some registry changes can cause major havoc and system crashes.. but not as many as one would think. I feel that if the registry key has a name that looks ominous.. dont mess with it.

So much nonsense out here it just pisz me off to read such crap. I feel sorry for non techies trying to figure this stuff out.