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Removing files from desktop - keep coming back
I run a small office and many employees will work on a file (word processing
or excel) on the desktop; then file to server when done. Over time, these files have been deleted by moving into recycle bin and emptied. The issue is that they keep showing up again and again when the computer is restarted or user login is switched. I cant tell you how many times I have cleared the desktop to keep it in order but these files just show up again. any solutions? What am I doing wrong? -- jane |
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Removing files from desktop - keep coming back
janew wrote in message ... I run a small office and many employees will work on a file (word processing or excel) on the desktop; then file to server when done. Over time, these files have been deleted by moving into recycle bin and emptied. The issue is that they keep showing up again and again when the computer is restarted or user login is switched. I cant tell you how many times I have cleared the desktop to keep it in order but these files just show up again. any solutions? What am I doing wrong? -- jane Give us an example of a file name that keeps reappearing. Do they have a '$' in them, or end in .bak or.tmp or something similar? SC Tom |
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Removing files from desktop - keep coming back
To SC Tom,
Mostly they are word processing and excel files, often whole folders and shortcuts to our server filing hierachy. Never .tmp or .bat files. Sometimes autocad files. I have tried moving to recycle and deleting them which works until maybe someone logs off or closes the computer, upon restart, they can appear again. Cant clean up the desktop -- jane "SC Tom" wrote: janew wrote in message ... I run a small office and many employees will work on a file (word processing or excel) on the desktop; then file to server when done. Over time, these files have been deleted by moving into recycle bin and emptied. The issue is that they keep showing up again and again when the computer is restarted or user login is switched. I cant tell you how many times I have cleared the desktop to keep it in order but these files just show up again. any solutions? What am I doing wrong? -- jane Give us an example of a file name that keeps reappearing. Do they have a '$' in them, or end in .bak or.tmp or something similar? SC Tom |
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Removing files from desktop - keep coming back
sorry Tom, they are usually named in letters and dates such as mtg minutes
090009.doc -- jane "SC Tom" wrote: janew wrote in message ... I run a small office and many employees will work on a file (word processing or excel) on the desktop; then file to server when done. Over time, these files have been deleted by moving into recycle bin and emptied. The issue is that they keep showing up again and again when the computer is restarted or user login is switched. I cant tell you how many times I have cleared the desktop to keep it in order but these files just show up again. any solutions? What am I doing wrong? -- jane Give us an example of a file name that keeps reappearing. Do they have a '$' in them, or end in .bak or.tmp or something similar? SC Tom |
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Removing files from desktop - keep coming back
janew wrote in message ... sorry Tom, they are usually named in letters and dates such as mtg minutes 090009.doc -- jane "SC Tom" wrote: janew wrote in message ... I run a small office and many employees will work on a file (word processing or excel) on the desktop; then file to server when done. Over time, these files have been deleted by moving into recycle bin and emptied. The issue is that they keep showing up again and again when the computer is restarted or user login is switched. I cant tell you how many times I have cleared the desktop to keep it in order but these files just show up again. any solutions? What am I doing wrong? -- jane Give us an example of a file name that keeps reappearing. Do they have a '$' in them, or end in .bak or.tmp or something similar? SC Tom Look in your Word and Excel tools. . .Options. . .File Locations and see if any of them list Desktop. Change each of them to either a server or local location. It's easier that way, and you're not creating duplicate files that need to be deleted. AutoCAD probably has those options, too, but I'm not familiar with it (we used Solid Edge 3D where I worked). SC Tom |
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