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MSFS20 [SOLVED] SDK build creating (hidden, protected) desktop.ini file

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TLDR: Microsoft can't process my files for release on the MSFS Market Place because a random desktop.ini file is showing up in the ContentInfo folder inside the zip when I Build & Export my package.
I know you're wondering, "OK. Just delete the file from the zip". I tried that. Their tools throw an error.

So I investigated. Where is this file coming from? It doesn't exist in any of the source folders, and it doesn't show up in any of my other packages.
Turns out the file is a hidden and protected system file, that shows up ONLY when a build is done. If a Clean All is done, the file is deleted along with everything inside the Package folder but it returns (hidden) when the package is rebuilt.
When it reappears, the timestamp shows that it was last modified 2 months ago. It's contents are references to old jpg files, that I probably kept somewhere on my desktop some time ago when learning how to add thumbnails to the MarketPlace Data of the project.

I highly suspect that this file is getting copied over from some hidden cache, but I cannot figure out from where and why.
Has anybody experienced this and can anyone suggest how I can keep MSFS from rebuilding it?

Here is a GIF of what happens when rebuilding the package makes the destkop.ini reappear after deleting the file:
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So it seems there was another desktop.ini file in the Package Definitions/ContentInfo folder that I had missed (it was also hidden and protected which explains why it wasn' showing up in file searches). I may have inadvertently copied it in there when I copied some images from the desktop into this folder (or it got created by the system after the copy).
It seems that MSFS may copy the entire folder and then rename files as needed. Getting rid of this solved the issue.
 
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