Hiding files of windows partition

Hi Guys,
I've just installed bootcamp on my macbook but i'm getting fed up of searching through all the .ini and other system files in my windows partition when browsing my windows files. It also look quite ugly as well! Does anyone know how to hiding files of a certain type in OS X either natively or with a 3rd party app? (i.e. any file with the extension .ini, .lnk etc). I'm not too keen on fiddling about with terminal mind you.
Many thanks in advance
Rich

You can do just that very thing in System Preferences> Spotlight,
click on the privacy tab, and just put what ever you dont want Finder to search in that area, and you should be good.

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