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What on earth is the purpose of the "Recent" folder on Documents &
Settings -> etc.? All I can see is a waste of space. I've deleted it,
but it comes back.


JimL
 
It's a folder which contains shortcuts to documents you have opened.
The most recent can usually be seen in a list within the Start Menu.


Richard Giagnacovo
 
What on earth is the purpose of the "Recent" folder on Documents &
Settings -> etc.? All I can see is a waste of space. I've deleted it,
but it comes back.
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Well my "Recent Documents" file takes up THIRTY SEVEN KB! If that's what you
consider a "waste of space" then I suggest you go back to Windows 3.1 on
floppy disks A and B and 640k memory...
 
"Gordon" <[email protected]> said:


Well my "Recent Documents" file takes up THIRTY SEVEN KB! If that's what
you consider a "waste of space" then I suggest you go back to Windows
3.1 on floppy disks A and B and 640k memory...
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Apparently you are saying space is plentiful. I agree.

I have space in my living room for a skunk, but I don't have one.


JimL
 
Are you for real ? It is so small and also it is a Default folder which is needed by Windows to be there and that is the reason why it always comes back. Gordon is quite correct with his answer
 
Because I don't want a skunk on my computer? You bet.
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If you are REALLY so DESPERATELY worried about 37 KB then it's either time
for a new HDD (they DO come bigger than 10GB these days) or return your
machine to where you bought it and swap it for an Etch-a-Sketch...
 
"Gordon" <[email protected]> said:


If you are REALLY so DESPERATELY worried about 37 KB then it's either
time for a new HDD (they DO come bigger than 10GB these days) or return
your machine to where you bought it and swap it for an Etch-a-Sketch...
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I already said it isn't about space. But apparently you want it to be
about space. Well, pin a rose on you.

It's the smell of the skunk I don't want. Or, if you prefer, I don't like
dirty diapers of ANY size laying around. I can't be alone in this, given
the number of utilities available for deleting redundant, telltale tracks
of all kinds, including those in RECENT. If I were married and had an
email affair going RECENT could be deadly. Likewise with any number of
business or military operations. If you want it that doesn't (shouldn't)
mean I have to. It shouldn't be crammed down anyone's throat.


JimL
 
"Gordon" <[email protected]> said:





I already said it isn't about space. But apparently you want it to be
about space. Well, pin a rose on you.

It's the smell of the skunk I don't want. Or, if you prefer, I don't like
dirty diapers of ANY size laying around. I can't be alone in this, given
the number of utilities available for deleting redundant, telltale tracks
of all kinds, including those in RECENT. If I were married and had an
email affair going RECENT could be deadly. Likewise with any number of
business or military operations. If you want it that doesn't (shouldn't)
mean I have to. It shouldn't be crammed down anyone's throat.


JimL
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Check this link. Watch for line wrap on the URL
http://gyzmodave.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/automatically-empty-your-my-recent-documents-folder/
It doesn't get rid of it but it empties it when you log out.

gls858
 
[email protected] said:
Apparently you are saying space is plentiful. I agree.
I have space in my living room for a skunk, but I don't have one.
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Jim, what a deliciously great quote!
Thank you for my laugh of the day (the best of this week actually).
 
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