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MASAMUNE
Senior Member


1452 Posts
12/04
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 8:32PM
How do I clear this on Windows XP? I'm not too familiar with this OS.

Thanks

BigBobxxx
Senior Member

2681 Posts
5/04
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 8:52PM
Get Crap Cleaner

One tip:
Before running CCleaner, click on "Options" in the upper right of the CCleaner window and protect any cookies you want to keep. This is easy to do :)

This is a great product, and it's free too!

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Aug 14 2005 : 9:22PM
I second that recommendation. Some anti-spyware programs have this functionality built in too.

ccleaner has changed (on version 1.22.142) and the cookies option is now a tab under the options menu. There's also a feature to check for updates when it runs.

Hurrab
Member

Denmark, EU
256 Posts
3/03
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 3:57AM
How To Display, Use, and Clear "My Recent Documents" on the Start Menu in Windows XP - here.

Clear Recent Documents When Windows Exits - here.

You can also clear the list automatically every time Windows exits by using TweakUI (part of PowerToys for Windows XP) - get it here, install it, open it, choose Explorer, check Clear document history on exit , click Apply.

Edited by - Hurrab on 8/15/2005 12:10:27 PM

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 10:19AM
CCleaner does all the same stuff and more with only a couple of mouse clicks. It's a good program.
 
Hurrab
Member

Denmark, EU
256 Posts
3/03
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 12:09PM
I just downloaded it after reading this thread; I ran the program, it cleaned my system, and when I wanted to go back to this thread to write that I liked the program I couldn't get in because the ADT cookie had been deleted (I know that I can decide which cookies to delete, but I overlooked the one from ADT)

Edited by - Hurrab on 8/15/2005 12:11:29 PM

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 1:11PM
I did that with a few usernames and passwords too. doh!

you can also uncheck the cookies option on the main screen so it doesn't delete any cookies.

Hurrab
Member

Denmark, EU
256 Posts
3/03
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 1:16PM
I actually did that first, and then I went to the settings page and unchecked some cookies and ran the program again, but I forgot to uncheck the ADT cookie
vodka tonic
coolest cucumber

who
1243 Posts
11/02
Posted - Aug 15 2005 : 4:08PM
Thanks for the ccleaner link I installed it & unchecked cookies right away, because you know, I need my cookies & I'd be lost without them, but by precaution I still went into "settings" & put ADT on the cookie-to-keep list, and whaddayaknow I had to log in again at my next visit. Could be just a coincidence, because i went into my "temporary internet files" into "internet tools", and all my cookies (myriads of them) were still there at the bottom of the page. I checked my yahoo group page to verify I was still cookied there & no problem, it recognized me. Maybe just a glitch...



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