Svetlana Vodianova <svetlana.vodianov...@gmx.com> added the comment:

I posted my problem on Stack Overflow, but as of right now haven't received any 
answers. 

Link: 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58922332/shutil-cannot-delete-a-folder-with-a-hidden-desktop-ini-file

To summarize my problem: If you use copytree to copy a source folder that 
contains a desktop.ini file to a destination, and then call rmtree() to remove 
the destination folder (for example after zipping, you may want to remove the 
uncompressed destination folder), it will throw an error indicating it doesn't 
have permission to remove the folder. Using ignore_patterns() doesn't help 
either, or to quote my problem on SO:

It seems once the source contains a .ini file, even if it isn't copied to the 
destination, rmtree() will have a problem removing the destination folder.

Powershell has almost the same issue, however, unlike Python, if you tell PS to 
ignore the .ini file, it will remove the folder without crashing.

rmtree has no problem removing folders containing 0 ini files.

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