I have used the CCleaner for a long time and it has always worked well for me. I have been using LibreOffice for some time, just to type letters, etc., and there has not been a problem. Recently, I have had to install Microsoft Office 10, to get MSFT Word. I was having a lot of file formatting problems between another user with Word, and the conversion of .doc files. Anyway, I have been trying the new Word and it has been ok. Recently, however, I ran CCleaner (latest version) and, I almost had a heart attack.....my recently saved Word files were GONE. These were very important and represented LOTS of hours. I have done a system restore to a previous date and the file list is back (thank you). What setting can I change in CCleaner, so that this does not happen again?
where were the items saved?
ccleaner does not (by routine) clean locations where one would normally save documents.
Most likely it was just the list of recent documents in Word that was cleared, not the Word docs themselves.
You can prevent that from happening by unchecking 'Office 2010' under the Applications tab.
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Thanks. I never saw the Office 2010 in applications. Because I only recently installed Office 2010, I never thought CCleaner would do anything different. Thanks for pointing it out. That will fix the problem.
Most likely it was just the list of recent documents in Word that was cleared, not the Word docs themselves.
You can prevent that from happening by unchecking 'Office 2010' under the Applications tab.
Thanks for the heads up. I would have not looked at the applications section for Office 2010. I only recently installed it and would not have expected it to be 'special' in regards to CCleaner.
These were very important and represented LOTS of hours.
As always and this goes beyond the realms of CCleaner when you have critical work remember to periodically make backup copies onto another hard disk, USB Thumb Drive, etc.