[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

Hi Kathy,

I just copied and pasted exactly what Disk4mat put into that code box for you. It is only one line and is in the quote area of the Reply above.

It will take you exactly to the Recent folder that you want.

Click on the Views Icon above the right hand pane and select Details. This will show you a list of each file and the date it was created.

This list can get pretty long I would imagine. You may need to do this frequently but at least you get to control exactly which file is deleted by you.

Best wishes,

davey

 

Oh thanks, I got it to work. It was "quote area" versus "code" that confused me. I ended up having to copy the "code" part.

 

I'll try it in a month or so!

 

Kathy

[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

Since I dont have Office XP settings handy I'll borrow from Daves post

The line in bold above is the one you might want to clean monthly. Just to keep it from building up. You could simply copy the path. Goto Start, Run. Then paste it in and click ok. You should be taken to the folder where you can select the LNK files to delete. This way you could in Windows Explorer sort the column by 'Date Modified' and delete the older files.

 

 

%appdata%\Microsoft\Office\Recent

 

 

Okay, remember, I don't know anything about this!

 

So whatever you're talking about would not be done in CCleaner at all?

 

I just copied FileKey1=%appdata%\Microsoft\Office\Recent|*.*, pressed Windows Start and Run and pasted it in. (I also tried it without the "FileKey1=".) Got an error message. Am I in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing, or what?

 

Kathy

[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

Hi kathyk,

Welcome to the forums and CCleaner.

Disk4mat has advised you well.

Below is a list of Office 10.0 (Office XP) it will give you an idea what will not be cleaned if you turn off Office XP in your Applications list.

 

Thanks, Davey!

 

I just tried unchecking Office XP and my settings are still intact. Guess that's how I'll keep it.

 

Now, to use Disk4mat's suggestion of cleaning the "Recent" files once a month or so, is there a way to do that and still keep my settings?

 

Kathy

[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

It should be fine. Its not like a history list that will grow. There are so many place holders for recent items in the registry. The only one that could pile up on you are the actual LNK files in: %appdata%\Microsoft\Office\Recent

 

If I remember correctly on XP its located in: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Maybe give that a cleaning once a month.

 

I just remembered that I didn't like my newest version of Word and instead reinstalled my old one, and that's what I'm using. In Windows Explorer I see Office 10, Office 11, and Office 12, and it's Office 10 that my desktop shortcut opens.

 

However, in CCleaner I have three options: Office 2003, Office 2007, and Office XP. I just tried unchecking them one at a time and looking at the list when I run Analyze, and as far as I can tell, there's no difference at all in the list of files that comes up. The path is always ....Application Data/Microsoft/Office/Recent/... The files all have LNK in their names.

 

I haven't actually run CCleaner yet since we started this conversation, so I can't yet tell whether it's going to also grab my settings changes. But it certainly looks at a glance like unchecking the Office boxes makes no difference.

[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

kathyk,

In your case it may be easier to simply uncheck Office in the applications tab. As for cleaning the temporary files that you mentioned, the only files that are removed are shortcuts for recently opened/saved docs (apprx 1kb for each item). Everything else that CC removes are registry entries.

 

 

 

Thank you. Am I to assume, then, that not removing the registry entries associated with Word is all right in the long run?

 

Kathy

[Microsoft Office Most Recently Used Documents]

I've been reading in the forums and playing with CCleaner's configuration. I would like to run the program on a scheduled basis every night. It works great for that, but I'd like to leave the Most Recently Used (MRU) documents in the lists inside Word and Excel. I can't seem to find the correct combination of options to make this happen.

 

I have this same program. I want to keep my new window size, my display settings, and my MRU documents in MS Word.

 

But if I uncheck Office XP in CCleaner, will it still delete the temporary files I probably want deleted?

 

I'm afraid I don't understand the complicated discussion above about rem-ing out certain lines. If it solves this problem, could someone make the explanation a bit more understandable?

 

Thanks!

 

Kathy