What If You Delete Desktop.ini? (And other Windows System Files)
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Published 2020-09-09
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The desktop.ini file has puzzled many Windows users since the beginning of time. And unless you are capable of a basic Google search, you may have always wondered what it was for, and what would happen if you deleted it. This also applies to other hidden Windows system files such as hiberfil.sys, pagefile.sys, and swapfile.sys. Let's try deleting them all just to see what happens!
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All Comments (21)
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my father deleted me when i was a child and i corrupted
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You forgot one thing: on a non virtual machine, the Bootmanager is located on C. If you delete it, the bios won't even notice the windows installation and think that there's no operating system installed. On a virtual server it is somewhere else.
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what happens if i throw my pc from the building using the flying mode option?
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Wanted to do this
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help thio i deleted my computer
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In german windows the directory Users shown name is Benutzer (german word for users). This applies because this word is set as name in the desktop.ini. The real directory name still is Users. This also applies for Pictures, Documents and so on (Bilder, Dokumente).
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for a sec I thought you said “while windows is drunk”
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That desktop.ini is so annoying, I can't even get rid of it or even move it somewhere else.. It just comes back!
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When you minimize an UWP app, after some time Windows will write the entire process memory to the swap file. This is not the case with desktop apps where sections of process memory is written in random locations. To prevent issues with older apps that use uncontrollable IPC methods, Microsoft decided to create a new file for WinRT apps in Windows 8.
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1:21 He even plays MW Im subscribing
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I am learning a lot about which file does what on a computer. Subscribed.
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Thio: go away desktop.ini Windows: I will repair myself now 😝
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If you delete desktop.ini You delete desktop.ini
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I guess the reason for the hybernation file disappearing is just security. If you change or modify the file, it gets removed. Otherwise ypu could maybe manipulate the systems behavior after waking it up from hibernation.
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I was really in doubt about what the heck is desktop.ini. Thanks a lot Thio.....
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4:55 as you unlocked the hiberfil.sys file, the system couldn't sync opened startup apps on it for the fast boot. So it's safe to assume windows disabled both hybernation and fast boot as a response, making the file unnecessary therefore removing it.
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Why is it so satifying watching you do these "what if you delete this file?" video Joseph? xD
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Desktop.ini dates back to Windows 95, it's original function was to define certain folders as "special folders", for example the Fonts folder. If you delete desktop.ini from that folder, it will no longer show the fonts in the usual way, it'll just show them as their raw files like any other folder.
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Some clarification about swap file - windows (any os, so to speak) uses it when there's no more memory left. That's why the size of this file is not that big compared to the page file. However, when OS does use it, computer works very very slow but it's better than crashing. The page file on the other hand, stores things in memory that aren't used that often, exactly as you said
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Would like to see a video on what to do when you buy a new computer (desktop, laptop, tablet, etc)Talk about how to set it up and what to do before starting to use the computer. TY
