TONT 38633 为什么『链接』文件夹一直将自己重建

本分做事。

原文链接：https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040630-00/?p=38633

Those of you who dislike the Links folder have probably tried to delete it, only to discover that it keeps coming back. Why is that?

对于不喜欢（IE收藏夹里默认的）『链接』文件夹的人，可能都尝试过去删除它，然而它接着就又回来了，这是怎么回事呢？

This is Internet Explorer trying to do some auto-repair. It noticed that the Links folder is missing, so it figures, “Gosh, it must be corrupted! I’d better fix the problem by creating a replacement.”

实际上这是Internet Explorer在尝试进行某些自动修复工作。IE注意到『链接』文件夹消失了，于是它认为：『天啊，这个文件夹肯定是坏掉了！我得再建一个替代品来修复这个问题。』

People complain that computers can’t perform self-repair, and then when the software tries to perform self-repair, they get mad. “But I wanted it to stay broken.” You can’t win.

人们抱怨电脑不会自动修复，然而当软件尝试自动修复时，还是这帮人却会气得上蹿下跳。『我就想让它保持坏掉的样子啊。』你永远犟不过他们。

The way to indicate, “Yes, I know about the Links folder, but I don’t want to use it” is to hide it.

如果要达到『是的，我知道有『链接』这么个文件夹，但我不想使用它』的目的，应当将其隐藏起来（设置该文件夹的隐藏属性）。

This is extraordinarily similar to a problem some people have with Device Manager. They don’t want Windows to use a particular device, so they delete it. And then it gets re-detected and added back.

这个场景与某些人与设备管理器之间的故事有高度的相似性。这些人不想让Windows使用某个设备，就把这个设备删除掉了，结果后来这个设备被系统重新检测到，又加了回来。

Because when you delete the device, you’re saying, “Forget everything you know about this device.” Then when it gets re-detected, Windows says, “Gosh, here’s a device I’ve never seen before! The user must have bought it recently. Let me add it to the device tree so the user can use it.”

这是因为当你删除这个设备时，你告诉系统的是：『忘掉关于这个设备的一切』。然后当系统重新检测到这个设备时，Windows的感受是：『哎呀，这有一个我从来没见过的设备呢！肯定是最近用户刚买的，让我把它添加到设备列表里，好让用户能使用它。』

In other words, Windows behaves the way it does because the alternative is even worse: You buy a device, plug it in, and nothing happens.

换句话说，Windows会这样做是因为另一种做法更糟糕：你买了一件新设备，接入到系统里，然后什么都没有发生。

If you have a device that you don’t want Windows to use, go into the Device Manager and Disable it rather than deleting it. This means, “Yes, I know about this device, but I don’t want to use it.”

如果你有一件设备不想让Windows使用，打开设备管理器并将其设置为『禁用』就好，而不是删掉它。这样做的含义是：『是的，我知道有这么个设备，但我不想使用它。』