public user

About this tag
The public user tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Windows public user profile, including its associated files like desktop.ini. Users often seek ways to manage or hide these files from the desktop, as they appear alongside personal user files. The tag focuses on practical troubleshooting for Windows 7 and later versions, addressing visibility and configuration of public user elements in the file system.

  1. Windows 7 Control Panel Users different from Windows Explorer Users?

    At my age I'm not keen on climbing stairs, so I'm experimenting with transferring files from the PC laptop in the kitchen to/from the PC desktop upstairs. TeamViewer is working fine, and both machines are now in the same home group, for whatever that buys me. Both machines are Win7 SP1. Today I...
    • BudVitoff
    • Thread
    • control panel desktop file explorer file transfer homegroup laptop network public user sp1 teamviewer technology user management windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. N

    Windows 7 desktop.ini on the desktop

    When I see the icons on my desktop, I have 2 'desktop.ini' files. I see that one is from my main user and another from the 'public' user. Is there anyway to tell Win7 NOT to show the desktop.ini files at all on the actual desktop? I see that it is a 'hidden' file, but that doesn't seem to make...
    • nkoss
    • Thread
    • desktop desktop.ini file management file visibility hidden files public user system settings troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials