help me

how is this done without deleting files?

Ronnie Vernon MVP

Clearing what from where? More details would be a great help.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"help me" <help me@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how is this done without deleting files?

Ken Blake, MVP

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:48:00 -0700, help me <help
me@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> how is this done without deleting files?


Sorry, I don't understand your question. Can you be more explicit,
please?

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Lang Murphy

"help me" <help me@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how is this done without deleting files?


Open file.

Select all data/text. (Ctrl-A should do that...)

Delete. (Hit Delete key.)

Save file.

File "cleared" without deleting.

Why one would want to -do- that is beyond me, but there it is.

Lang

alice

If I hit the delete key, I only get a prompt asking me if I want to sent the
files to the recyle bin. How do I 'save files' ?


"Lang Murphy" wrote:

> "help me" <help me@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E0F02D0-2DCF-42FF-9227-1198373F6EC9@microsoft.com...
> > how is this done without deleting files?
>
>
> Open file.
>
> Select all data/text. (Ctrl-A should do that...)
>
> Delete. (Hit Delete key.)
>
> Save file.
>
> File "cleared" without deleting.
>
> Why one would want to -do- that is beyond me, but there it is.
>
> Lang
>

hedger

Hi Ronnie,
Thanks for the info on deleting the 'Recently Changed' folder which I've
done successfully.
However I'm not sure how I go about re-creating this folder in the advanced
search options should I want to do so in the future. Could you give more
details on how to do this please?
Thank you.
Hedger

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

>
> You can re-create this folder by simply configuring another search in the
> advanced search options and then saving the search.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "tsonka" <tsonka.325qb4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:tsonka.325qb4@no-mx.forums.net...
> >
> > Im gonna bump this post cause I have the same question. How do you clear
> > the record of reciently changed documents without deleting the file. I
> > was goign to ask this same question. When I do what alice suggested it
> > wants to send everything to the recycle bin
> >
> >
> > --
> > tsonka
>

rusty

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Tsonka
>
> Recently Changed isn't a normal folder. It's a saved search.
>
> When you open it it lists recently changed files. What you're seeing is a
> mirror of the actual files that were found with the search. Anything you do
> to the files in Recently Changed you do to the original file, because each
> icon in Recently Changed is the original file.
>
> The Recently Changed search folder appears in 2 places. It is a 'link' to
> the actual search folder in the Favorite Links at the top of the navigation
> pane in Windows Explorer and the actual search folder is in
> C:\Users\username\Searches\Recently Changed.
>
> Although you cannot delete a file in this folder without deleting the
> original file, you can delete the search folder itself without affecting the
> files that are mirrored in that folder. You can also just remove the
> Recently Changed folder in the Favorite Links section by right clicking the
> link and selecting Remove Link, which will not effect the original search
> folder in the users saved searches.
>
> This folder is created when Vista is installed and is simply intended to
> show some of the capabilities of the search component. Some users do not
> like this folder since it does keep a history of files that have been
> modified on the computer.
>
> You can re-create this folder by simply configuring another search in the
> advanced search options and then saving the search.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "tsonka" <tsonka.325qb4@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:tsonka.325qb4@no-mx.forums.net...
> >
> > Im gonna bump this post cause I have the same question. How do you clear
> > the record of reciently changed documents without deleting the file. I
> > was goign to ask this same question. When I do what alice suggested it
> > wants to send everything to the recycle bin
> >
> >
> > --
> > tsonka
>