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Creating
a Shortcut Folder to Cleanup
Modified
7-3-2001 to add 2 icons to the 98/Me setup and created Instructions for
using the folder. If you have done this previously, consider adding the
2 extra steps.
Click here to go directly to the instructions
NOTE: THIS PROCEDURE DOES NOT FIT WINDOWS XP. CLICK
HERE FOR XP INSTRUCTIONS
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Caution: As you do each step, open the Weekly Cleanup
folder and check to make sure all icons are shortcuts identified
by a small arrow in the lower left corner. See Fig 4. If you do
not see the shortcut symbol, you have used left click instead
of right click and moved the item or copied the item instead of
making a shortcut to it. If it is a copy, it can be safely deleted.
If it was moved, do not delete it. Right click on the desktop
and choose Undo Move or Undo Copy
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The final step
in cleaning up your computer is to create a folder on the desktop
to hold shortcuts to the cleanup items. This makes cleaning up frequently
an easy chore. Follow the listed steps to create the folder:
- Make a new folder on the desktop and name it Weekly Cleanup.
Right click on a blank area of the desktop and choose New, Folder
from the menu. It is created and the title is highlighted to allow
renaming. Type in the title. Click the mouse elsewhere or touch
Enter.
- Open the Windows Explorer by placing the mouse pointer on
My Computer and clicking the right
mouse button and selecting Explore. Size and move the window using
the Maximize/Restore button so that you can see the Weekly Cleanup
icon on the desktop. It should look like Fig 1 below.
- In the left window, select (highlight) the Control Panel.
In the right window choose (highlight) Internet (or Internet Properties)
and RIGHT drag the icon on
top of the Weekly Cleanup icon on the desktop and drop it. Choose
"Create Shortcut" from the menu. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS
RIGHT DRAGGING, try the alternate method in #11.
- Next, in Explorer, expand the C drive and the Windows folder
to find the Cookies folder. See Fig 2.
- Find the cookies folder in the left window. Right drag the
cookies folder to the Weekly Cleanup folder and drop. Again choose
"Create Shortcut".
- The next step will vary slightly from Windows 95 to Windows
98/Me.
- Scroll down the left windows to find the Start Menu folder.
Expand it by clicking the plus box. Then expand the Programs folder
and then the Accessories folder and then highlight the System
Tools folder to display the items in the System Tools menu. See
fig 3. Move the mouse pointer into the right window and select
and right drag these 3 items into the Weekly folder and choose
Copy: Disk Cleanup, Scandisk and Defrag.
Explanation: When right dragging folders, you do not want a copy,
you want a shortcut. The items in the start menu are already shortcuts
and can be just copied. Note: Disk Cleanup does not exist in 95.
Just skip it.
- Now find the Temp and Temporary Internet folders in the left
window and right drag them into Weekly and choose "Create
Shortcut".
- Close the Windows Explorer. Open the Weekly Cleanup folder.
You should have 6 or 7 icons in the folder. See fig 4.
- I find it cleaner to rename all 6 or 7 icons to add a number
to the beginning of the name and remove the "Shortcut To".
This reminds me of what order to do them in. To rename the icon
right click on the name and choose Rename. Then use the cursor
control keys or the mouse to place the cursor at the beginning
of the name and add a number as shown in the chart below:
- ALTERNATE METHOD:
(For #3 above)
A. If you have trouble right dragging, try using right click menu
as follows:
B. Open Windows Explorer. Select Control Panel. In right window,
select Control Panel. Right click on it and choose "Create
Shortcut", or use the File menu, Create Shortcut. See Fig
6.
C. You will get a message that says "You cannot create a
shortcut here. Do you want to put it on the desktop? Click on
Yes. See Fig 7.
D. Minimize the Explorer window. On the desktop, move the new
shortcut into the Weekly Cleanup folder by Left dragging it in;
or Right click on the shortcut, choose Cut. Then right click on
the Weekly Cleanup folder and choose Paste.
E. Return to Windows Explorer. Scroll left window down to Windows
and select it. In the right window, select Cookies. Click File,
Create Shortcut. See Fig 8. You again get the error message in
Fig 7. Select Yes and repeat the process for 11.D.
F. Return to Explorer. In the left window, scroll down to and
expand Start Menu, Accessories, and select system tools. In the
right windows, select all 3 items shown in Fig 9 using Ctrl-Click.
Choose Edit, Copy.
G. In left window, scroll down to the Weekly Cleanup folder, select
it, choose Edit, Paste. Go back to Item 9 above and finish the
task.
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98 |
For Windows
95 |
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1. Temp
2. Temporary Internet Files
3. Internet
Options
4. Cookies
5. Disk Cleanup
6. Scandisk
7. Defrag
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1. Temporary
Files
2. Temporary Internet Files
3. Cookies
4. Internet Options
5. Scandisk
6. Defrag |
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Caution: As you do each step, open the Weekly
Cleanup and check to make sure all icons are shortcuts identified
by a small arrow in the lower left corner. See Fig 4. If you do
not see the shortcut symbol, you have used left click instead of
right click and moved the item or copied the item instead of making
a shortcut to it. If it is a copy, it can be safely deleted. If
it was moved, do not delete it. Right click on the desktop and choose
Undo Move or Undo Copy
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The final step is learning
how to use the folder to actually cleanup your computer.
Click here for instructions
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