"Recent documents list" under "Windows Explorer" is unclear

[Tom Usher]

BleachBit version 1.0
GTK version 2.16.6
local_cleaners_dir = C:\Program Files (x86)\cleaners
locale_dir = C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\share\locale\
options_dir = C:\Users\Tom Usher\AppData\Roaming\BleachBit
personal_cleaners_dir = C:\Users\Tom Usher\AppData\Roaming\BleachBit\cleaners
system_cleaners_dir = C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\share\cleaners\
locale.getdefaultlocale = ('en_US', 'cp1252')
os.getenv('APPDATA') = C:\Users\Tom Usher\AppData\Roaming
os.getenv('localappdata') = C:\Users\Tom Usher\AppData\Local
os.getenv('USERPROFILE') = C:\Users\Tom Usher
os.expanduser('~') = C:\Users\Tom Usher
platform.win32_ver[1]() = 6.1.7601
platform.platform = Windows-Vista-6.1.7601-SP1
sys.argv = ['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\BleachBit\\bleachbit.exe']
sys.executable = C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\bleachbit.exe
sys.version = 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Dec 23 2008, 15:10:54) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
win32com.shell.shell.IsUserAnAdmin() = True
__file__ = C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\library.zip\bleachbit\Diagnostic.pyo

Windows 7 Professional SP1

BleachBit installed from Bleachbit website

With the following deselected:
Recent Items More
Windows 7/8 QuickLaunch
Windows 7/8 ShellBags

I still had to white list C:\Users\Tom Usher\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations to keep the .customDestinations-ms files from being deleted.

I've also been using CCleaner with winapp.ini and trim.bat. The deselections work in CCleaner.

I could find nothing on the Internet about this issue in BleachBit but like the program, appreciate your efforts, and wanted to notify you of this seeming bug.

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Thank you for the bug report with many good details.

When you have this problem, do you have selected "Recent documents list" under "Windows Explorer"?

[Tom Usher (q-tom-b)]

Yes.

On 3/5/2014 9:08 PM, Andrew Ziem wrote:
> Thank you for the bug report with many good details.
>
> When you have this problem, do you have selected "Recent documents
> list" under "Windows Explorer"?
>

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

"Recent documents list" deletes custom destinations

You can see more detail in the cleaner definition here

http://sourceforge.net/p/bleachbit/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/cleaners/windows_explorer.xml

[Tom Usher (q-tom-b)]

Thank you, Andrew. In future, I'll search the code first.

On 3/6/2014 9:10 AM, Andrew Ziem wrote:
> "Recent documents list" deletes custom destinations
>
> You can see more detail in the cleaner definition here
>
> http://sourceforge.net/p/bleachbit/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/cleaners/windows_explorer.xml
>

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

OK. If you believe the description is wrong, please reopen the bug

[Tom Usher (q-tom-b)]

I do.

If I understand correctly,
AutomaticDestinations\*.automaticDestinations-ms are what I might term
Windows-session jumps (for lack of a better name) and
CustomDestinations\*customDestinations-ms are deliberately pinned jumps.
Windows Help calls the custom ones "favorites."

If that is correct, I advocate CustomDestinations\*customDestinations-ms
have its own check box that when checked, pops a warning that "all
pinned jump-list items on both the Start menu and the taskbar" will be
deleted.

On 3/6/2014 2:55 PM, Andrew Ziem wrote:
> OK. If you believe the description is wrong, please reopen the bug
>
> ** Changed in: bleachbit
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** Changed in: bleachbit
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)
>

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

If this still exists in the latest version (BleachBit 2.1), please file bug report in the new home: https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md . If this bug no longer exists, it would be nice if you wrote a note to confirm.

Also, there is a pending change to Windows Explorer here: https://github.com/bleachbit/bleachbit/pull/445

[Tom Usher (q-tom-b)]

Andrew, on 2014-03-24 you wrote:

Changed in bleachbit:
milestone: none → 1.2
summary: - Custom Destinations being deleted
+ "Recent documents list" under "Windows Explorer" is unclear

After your changes, I no longer had to whitelist CustomDestinations to protect Jump Lists from being deleted.

Also, you now have "Jump Lists" as a standalone checkbox under "Microsoft Windows."

As for "Recent documents list" under "Windows Explorer," it wasn't clear before the changes above but now seems to be sufficiently labeled.

Therefore, I consider this "bug" closed.

Thank you for your efforts. I'm sorry I hadn't realized that I needed to close this ticket. I had wondered why you had continued adding to it but thought you had your own reasons where I need not take any actions.