# Hiding desktop.ini under Desktop

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/hiding-desktop-ini-under-desktop/17308>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [February 13, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/hiding-desktop-ini-under-desktop/17308 "2014-02-13T02:56:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![SomeYoungGuy](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/someyoungguy/32/68846_2.png) [@SomeYoungGuy](https://resource.dopus.com/u/SomeYoungGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/hiding-desktop-ini-under-desktop/17308/1 "2014-02-13T02:56:10Z")

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It took me long enough, but I finally upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate after using XP for, well, forever. Here's my question:

I have a filter set to hide desktop.ini files. This filter works for all of my drives, except I have 2 desktop.ini files sitting on my desktop that are not hidden. How do I go about hiding them?

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**Author:** ![Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/leo/32/69732_2.png) [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/hiding-desktop-ini-under-desktop/17308/2 "2014-02-13T03:28:45Z")

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Turning off Preferences / Folders / Virtual Folders / Desktop: Operating system files is the easiest thing to do.

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**Author:** ![aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/aussieboykie/32/23729_2.png) [@aussieboykie](https://resource.dopus.com/u/aussieboykie)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/hiding-desktop-ini-under-desktop/17308/3 "2014-02-13T03:30:06Z")

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My settings as follow. The two desktop.ini files are hidden on my desktop.

Regards, AB

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