fredthomke

OK! I figured out what it was! It wasn't CCleaner, of course. I decided to bite the bullet and search through my registry for any/all instances of \Desktop\CC assuming that possibly some program is referencing a folder named "CC" on my desktop, and if the folder isn't there said program would then add it. Scanned through my registry (using the Find... command) and consistently saw that Windows Media Player was trying to use this folder. Aha!! So, I closed the registry and opened WMP. Guess what?? As soon as WMP opened up the CC folder magically appeared again all on its own. I looked at WMP's settings and lo-and-behold, at some point I must have created a desktop folder to hold ripped songs. I don't recall doing so, but I must have (and no one else uses this computer). Anyway, in WMP's Tools/Options/Rip Music tab, at the top, was a reference to "Rip music to this location" and there was the path with the "...\Desktop\CC" in it! So, I hit the "Browse" button to point to "My Music" folder instead. Voila! No more CC folder on the desktop upon reboot and relaunch of WMP! Whew!! I'm glad that's over -- I was going nuts, hoping I didn't have some new virus or something. Thanks, all, for your suggestions. Case closed! - - fred

It's funny how I try to include info in my original mail but no one reads it! It's on an XP-Pro machine. I'm logged in as an administrator. I have up-to-date AVG, Spy-Bot S&D, and Ad-aware running nightly. The folder is recreated anytime I delete it then reboot. The creation date always is the date I reboot. I downloaded CCleaner from the link on this site --> www.CCleaner.com There is no CCleaner shortcut icon on my desktop because I unchecked that option during the installation -- I want to keep my desktop clear as much as possible. I didn't even allow CCleaner to be added to context menus. I just want to know if CCleaner usually puts a new CC folder on the desktop as part of its normal operation. Perhaps it creates such a folder to keep "suspected crap"? Regards, Fred

I have a mysterious folder on my XP-Pro desktop labelled "CC". It's empty. When/if I delete this folder, it reappears upon the next reboot. Is CCleaner putting this folder on my desktop? What's it for? I'd just as soon keep my desktop clear as much as possible. If CCleaner IS indeed putting this folder on my desktop, is there some setting so I can tell CCleaner to put it somewhere else instead? I've looked all through the options and can't find anything. I've looked through the Help file and can't find anything. I've also tried searching this forum but it won't let me search with the word CC, as in CC folder, because there aren't enough letters in CC! TIA for any assistance!