CCleaner deleting MS Excel, Word, etc. history of recently accessed files

[pzurka]

Hi:

 

Maybe someone can tell me what to "uncheck" so that when CCleaner runs, it doesn't remove the file history regarding files that have been recently accessed.  I like opening Excel or Word (or any other MS program) and just click on one of the dozen or so files that were recently accessed (there is a list as you know) in the last several days / weeks.  Every time CCleaner runs, all of that history is GONE......  HELP

[nukecad]

Are you using Health Check or Custom Clean?

You can't change what Health Check cleans, but I don't think that it clears those recent lists anyway.

With Custom Clean however you can tell it to clean things or leave things alone by ticking/unticking a particular category.

eg for Windows Explorer you could untick 'Recent Documents' (I have it ticked here so they will be cleared):


For other applications you would switch to the Applications tab, and untick those that you don't want to be cleaned:

Remember though that those ticks/unticks only apply to Custom Clean.
Health Check ignores them and uses it's own rules on what to clean.

If you want Custom Clean to be the opening screen then go to Options>Settings and change the 'CCleaner home screen'

 

[pzurka]

Thanks for the reply.  When I first received CCleaner, I did the Health Check but then asked for (I think) a custom clean to be performed every Sunday AM at 1:00 AM.  It appears that the Custom Clean had the Windows Explorer "Recent Documents" checked, I unchecked it after the clean, but haven't tried it yet. Maybe that's the key.  Thanks again..........  I'll let you know what happens next.