On Windows, you could move the configs elsewhere, make a symlink to them in the old place, and mark the symlink as hidden so you don't see it in explorer. Too bad this can't work on Linux because the hidden-state is encoded in the filename.
15 year Mac user (re)exploring Windows due to bad hardware...
Nevertheless there are alternatives. One liked by many are Norton Commander alike file managers like Total Commander or even Far. I am not too much in favor of them though.
I like to use Directory Opus. It is powerful and flexible. Costs money though.