geoffL Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 When I run CCleaner, it removes all the 'Recent Files' links which were listed in Windows 10 File Explorer. The CCleaner settings have not been changed from the default. I do not think that CCleaner should remove File Explorer's 'Recent Files' links by default. How do you stop CCleaner removing these links? Does anybody else have the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 10, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 10, 2016 under Windows Explorer on the Windows tab in CC, untick all boxes. that way, CC will not remove anything you do as far as File Explorer goes. or with one ticked at a time, hit Analyse to see the areas a clean would affect. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffL Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 under Windows Explorer on the Windows tab in CC, untick all boxes. that way, CC will not remove anything you do as far as File Explorer goes. or with one ticked at a time, hit Analyse to see the areas a clean would affect. Thank you for your reply to my query. As you suggested, I unticked all the boxes under Windows Explorer in CC and ran CC. It did NOT remove the Recent Files in File Explorer. Your suggestion solves my problem - thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted June 14, 2016 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2016 no worries, glad it worked. and that's for the update. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFNikolai Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I cleared all the checkboxes from the Windows Explorer section and then tested adding one back at a time. I found that it is the Taskbar Jump Lists item that causes the Recent Files to be cleared from File Explorer in Windows 10 so unchecking just that checkbox would prevent it from happening if a user wants to leave the others checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanP Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I am having a similar problem, but the solution above has not worked for me. Since I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10, ccleaner removes all my recent items. I have unchecked all boxes in Windows Explorer under the Windows tab, and unchecked Microsoft Office under the Applications tab. I am using the latest version of ccleaner. According to these settings, ccleaner should not clear recent items, but it does. Does anyone know what is happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted March 9, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2020 Are you unticking them but then still using Health Check/Easy Clean? Unticking things only works if you use Custom Clean. HC/EC will always use its own settings regardless of what you have ticked or unticked. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanP Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Ah. That explains it. Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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