deedee2 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I just started using CC. It cleaned a lot of things, but not "My Documents." It has over 200 items in the list. Does CCleaner clean up "My Documents?" Else, how do I remove all the items? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 20, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2009 What?!?!?! Whyever would you want CCleaner to delete your "My Documents" folder ?!?!?!? You want to get rid of them Manually delete them. Ccleaner Cleans the Refuse that Windows Leaves Behind. . . Do realize how many people'd be mad if they ran CCLeaner and their My Documents folder was empty???? Oh goodness I'm going to Throw Up just thinking about it (My apolo to the Moderators but really Poster deserved it ) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 What?!?!?! Whyever would you want CCleaner to delete your "My Documents" folder ?!?!?!?You want to get rid of them Manually delete them. Ccleaner Cleans the Refuse that Windows Leaves Behind. . . Do realize how many people'd be mad if they ran CCLeaner and their My Documents folder was empty???? Oh goodness I'm going to Throw Up just thinking about it (My apolo to the Moderators but really Poster deserved it ) Sorry, I want to CCleaner to Clean out START > MY Documents list. Does this make sense? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 deedee2, I prefer My Documents to be left alone. How would Crap Cleaner know which document or file needs to be removed? Just contemplate about all the different languages it would have to be able to read and determine this is crap and should clean it. I know I write a lot of crap but I doubt they could embed enough intelligence in the application to determine my good stuff from the crap I produce. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 deedee2, I prefer My Documents to be left alone. How would Crap Cleaner know which document or file needs to be removed? Just contemplate about all the different languages it would have to be able to read and determine this is crap and should clean it. I know I write a lot of crap but I doubt they could embed enough intelligence in the application to determine my good stuff from the crap I produce. (Sorry about my choice of words in my initial post). Please Read This: ============ I want to CCleaner to Clean out START > MY Documents list. Can CCleaner do this? I 'checked' all the Choice Boxes under "Windows Explorer" in CCleaner, BUT, the START > MY Documents list is still populated. Can CCleaner clean-up the START > MY Documents list ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Do you mean My Recent Documents? "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2009 Clicking Start > My Documents opens the My Documents folder. The list shown, if you're using that viewing option, is the only index to your personal files. I think there's some confusion about what you actually want to delete. Not the files held in the My Documents folder, surely? If you do want to do this then open the folder, click on the first file, hold the shift key down, and click on the last file. Then press delete. But no, you don't want to do this. You can't want to do this. Don't do it. You really don't want to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Do you mean My Recent Documents? No. I want to Empty the LIST that is displayed when I click on START>MY DOCUMENTS in Win Xp. I do NOT want to Delete the actual Files. Will CCleaner do this?? How ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Clicking Start > My Documents opens the My Documents folder. The list shown, if you're using that viewing option, is the only index to your personal files. I think there's some confusion about what you actually want to delete. Not the files held in the My Documents folder, surely? If you do want to do this then open the folder, click on the first file, hold the shift key down, and click on the last file. Then press delete. But no, you don't want to do this. You can't want to do this. Don't do it. You really don't want to do this. I want to Empty the LIST that is displayed when I click on START>MY DOCUMENTS in Win Xp. I do NOT want to Delete the actual Files. Will CCleaner do this?? How ?? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2009 I want to Empty the LIST that is displayed when I click on START>MY DOCUMENTS in Win Xp. I do NOT want to Delete the actual Files. On my system that opens the actual My Documents folder, so removing them would remove the actual files. If we're misinterpreting what you're wanting, the only way to clear this up is to make a screenshot, then open it in Paint and paint an arrow to what you're talking about, or paint a circle around it. If you need to learn how to post screenshots please view these instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 On my system that opens the actual My Documents folder, so removing them would remove the actual files. If we're misinterpreting what you're wanting, the only way to clear this up is to make a screenshot, then open it in Paint and paint an arrow to what you're talking about, or paint a circle around it. If you need to learn how to post screenshots please view these instructions. Thanks for the link. If I may I will try one last time. When i click START > MY RECENT DOCUMENTS, it shows Empty. That is what I want when I click START > MY DOCUMENTS. It should show Empty. I do NOT want to delete the actual files. I just want the LIST of files to be Empty when I click START > MY DOCUMENTS. I want the START > MY DOCUMENTS to be populated with nothing. Again, thanks for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2009 Is this the sort of thing you want ?(taken from Kelly's Korner)....... Remove the My Documents Folder from the Start menu If you do not want to display My Documents on the Start menu, follow these steps: Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of the Start menu, and then click Properties. Click Customize. Click the Advanced tab. In the Start menu items list, under My Documents, click Don't display this item, and then click OK twice. The next time you click Start, the My Documents folder is no longer displayed on the Start menu. NOTE: Removing the My Documents folder from the Start menu does not remove the files stored in the target location of the My Documents folder. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 21, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2009 DD, this does not make sense. Clicking on Start>My Documents opens a folder showing real live files. They are not links, or shortcuts, or anything but real live files. Even if there were some way of not displaying these files, what would be the point? You may as well just close your eyes. Needless to say CC will not do what you apparently want. You could, by right clicking on Start>My Documents and selecting properties, change the folder that is referenced, and get it to point to another folder with no files in it. This would not show any files in My Documents, and would be beyond my comprehension. I think there must be some great misunderstanding here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 Is this the sort of thing you want ?(taken from Kelly's Korner)....... Remove the My Documents Folder from the Start menu If you do not want to display My Documents on the Start menu, follow these steps: Right-click Start, and then click Properties. Or, if the Start menu is already displayed, right-click an empty area of the Start menu, and then click Properties. Click Customize. Click the Advanced tab. In the Start menu items list, under My Documents, click Don't display this item, and then click OK twice. The next time you click Start, the My Documents folder is no longer displayed on the Start menu. NOTE: Removing the My Documents folder from the Start menu does not remove the files stored in the target location of the My Documents folder. PERFECT !! Thank you all, and my apologies for not stating my problem correctly. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedee2 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 DD, this does not make sense. Clicking on Start>My Documents opens a folder showing real live files. They are not links, or shortcuts, or anything but real live files. Even if there were some way of not displaying these files, what would be the point? You may as well just close your eyes. Needless to say CC will not do what you apparently want. You could, by right clicking on Start>My Documents and selecting properties, change the folder that is referenced, and get it to point to another folder with no files in it. This would not show any files in My Documents, and would be beyond my comprehension. I think there must be some great misunderstanding here. Yes, a misunderstanding indeed. Hazelnut's solution is what I wanted: I should have just said I do not want the MY DOCUMENTS to be shown - I didn;t know that could be done so never thought of it. Thanks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 22, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2009 Ok cool glad that's all cleared up I had confusion glad I wasn't the only one. For anyone reading this Thread in the future The Long and Short of it is this in xp (and Vista and probably win7) You can expand "My Documents" this shows the ACTUAL files in your MyDocuments Folder (NOT LINKS LIKE IN RECENT DOCUMENTS BELOW IT) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 22, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 22, 2009 I actually use the 'my docs' link from the start menu quite a lot. I use it to have access through it to any text docs I have of certain 'fixes' without leaving the desktop, and to open a certain picture folder quickly it's hard to beat. It's strange really, everyone seems to use their computer in a different way. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I actually use the 'my docs' link from the start menu quite a lot. I use it to have access through it to any text docs I have of certain 'fixes' without leaving the desktop, and to open a certain picture folder quickly it's hard to beat. I do as well It's strange really, everyone seems to use their computer in a different way. But I have seen stranger things like hammering in a nail with the heel of a shoe and trying to open a can of soup with a small pocket knife. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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