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| Guest | Folder Options affect desktop? If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is not even a subfolder, follows suit... (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini files and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files) Why is this? Anyway to decouple them so that my folder prefs don't cause desktop.ini to appear on the desktop? |
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| Guest | Re: Folder Options affect desktop? "Julian" <Julian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAF07CF8-7A7F-40E1-A241-FD67FF3278CF@microsoft.com... > If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is > not > even a subfolder, follows suit... (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini > files > and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files) > > Why is this? Anyway to decouple them so that my folder prefs don't cause > desktop.ini to appear on the desktop? The desktop is a folder in your user profile and thus affected by global settings that affect folders. I don't know of any way around this. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca |
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| Guest | Re: Folder Options affect desktop? As Kerry Brown indicated, whatever option you choose in Folder Options is global, and your Desktop is just a glorified combo view of C:\Users\Public\Desktop and C:\Users\(Your Name)\Desktop. You can continue to use "Show hidden files and folders", but if you put a check next to "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)", you won't see desktop.ini(s) on your Desktop. "Julian" <Julian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BAF07CF8-7A7F-40E1-A241-FD67FF3278CF@microsoft.com... > If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is > not > even a subfolder, follows suit... (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini > files > and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files) > > Why is this? Anyway to decouple them so that my folder prefs don't cause > desktop.ini to appear on the desktop? |
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| Guest | Re: Folder Options affect desktop? Thanks Kerry/Dean I thought as much... very annoying since I specifically didn't choose "Apply to all folders". So... Program Folders seen any way from the desktop is just a *view* of that folder and the folder options don't apply to that folder at all, merely to the *view* of that folder? Is that right? I thought I was supposed to be able to control presentation on a per folder basis <sigh> The problem is that I want to see desktop.ini - but only where I want to see it. However, I can see that's not something MS considered so , like much else, we just have to live with it. Thanks for the info though - Show Hidden + Hide Protected is probably the best compromise. Ta, "dean-dean" wrote: > As Kerry Brown indicated, whatever option you choose in Folder Options is > global, and your Desktop is just a glorified combo view of > C:\Users\Public\Desktop and C:\Users\(Your Name)\Desktop. You can continue > to use "Show hidden files and folders", but if you put a check next to > "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)", you won't see > desktop.ini(s) on your Desktop. > > "Julian" <Julian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:BAF07CF8-7A7F-40E1-A241-FD67FF3278CF@microsoft.com... > > If I set Show Hidden Files on e.g. Program Files, the desktop, which is > > not > > even a subfolder, follows suit... (I like e.g. to see my desktop.ini > > files > > and am happy with the dimmed presentation of "hidden" files) > > > > Why is this? Anyway to decouple them so that my folder prefs don't cause > > desktop.ini to appear on the desktop? > > |
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| Guest | Re: Folder Options affect desktop? "Julian" <Julian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3BD46A8C-FC22-4DBD-96D5-ACB247160E75@microsoft.com... > > Thanks for the info though - Show Hidden + Hide Protected is probably the > best compromise. > That's how I have mine set. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca |
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