Disable creation of desktop.ini in Windows 8 (on the Desktop)

Question

There are a few questions about the issue and they propose some solutions:

• Disable displaying of hidden files (no solution at all)
• Unchecking "Remember each folder's view settings" (which is not present in Windows 8!)
• Creating "UseDesktopIniCache" in registry - which doesn't work either

Are there any other solutions that prevents creation of this file? It's keep poping up on my Desktop and it's driving me nuts...

OK, so Windows finally decided to stop pestering me with this nonsensical file... Yay, but I still would love to know how/why...

Answer 1

Create a registry (*.reg) file with the following text:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"UseDesktopIniCache"=dword:00000000

And run it.

Answer 2

What is your reason for wanting to get rid of desktop.ini(s)?

If you actually dislike just one particular item in those files then there seems to be a "GPP" to do that:

Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f3381a83-f26a-4ac3-a18e-a342064dc5e6/ignore-localizedresourcename-in-desktopini?forum=winservergen

Group Policy Preference - GPP Action: Delete

File Path: %HomeShare%desktop.ini

Section Name: .ShellClassInfo

Property Name: LocalizedResourceName

Answer 3

Please follow the procedure given below if you are using Windows 8:

1. Open My Computer
2. Open Desktop
3. Click on View ( located at the top)
4. Uncheck the 'Hidden Items' box.

It should solve your problem.

Answer 4

You should only check the Hide protected operating system files box instead of all the system and hidden files in the Folder Options menu.

That was a problem for me, too. As far as I learned from my research on this issue, these files are not supposed to be deleted, but hidden. So, I was disappointed thinking that I am supposed to hide my system and hidden files – I would hate that, too!