Re: Folder size following cutting of contents incorrect
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:39:36 -0700
2. What is the file "Desktop" and what was its purpose and is it bad
that I haven't copied it across to the new location as well?
The file is really named desktop.ini. You do not have files extensions
turned on.
If the desktop.ini file contains this entry...
[DeleteOnCopy]
It means that if you copy a desktop.ini and paste it into
another folder, the copy of the desktop.ini will be blank. Or if you copy
the folder elsewhere – for instance, to back up the contents – these entries
will not be copied.
Here's the *short* version.
File system folders are commonly displayed with a standard icon and set of
properties, which specify, for instance, whether or not the folder is
shared. The Desktop.ini file is a text file that specifies how a file
system folder will be viewed and handled. The most common use of the
Desktop.ini file is to assign a custom icon to a folder.
Also folders like My Recent Documents, its real name is Recent but because
there is a desktop.ini file in that folder, it gets the name My Recent
Documents. Shared Documents folder with a messed up or missing desktop.ini
file the name changes to just Documents. Shared Music becomes My Music.
Shared Pictures becomes My Pictures. Shared Video becomes My Videos.
If you want it, there's more.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:8F7B434E-2AD2-423F-8CE4-EE51AD4C4BE3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Taxed Mind <TaxedMind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I have many folders containing digital photos. When I cut and paste to a
new folder so that there are no images left the folders are still shown
to be between 645 KB to 1.57 MB in size, rather than being "Empty".
I have turned on "View hidden files" and the only file left is called
"Desktop" (Type: Configuration Settings) and is about 107bytes in size.
Amazingly I see no Thumbs.db files as in the past I have found them to be
everywhere!
I am using Windows XP SP2.
My two questions are:
1. Why are the folders so large when the content is so small?
2. What is the file "Desktop" and what was its purpose and is it bad
that I haven't copied it across to the new location as well?
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