deleting files and pics from my ..searches/recently changed

[Bob]

hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes
into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click
on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed
.....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new
vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location
every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open
anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not
exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still
in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them
thank you Bob

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

hello all i am trying to remove unwanted pics and files and stuff that comes
into my computure when i am on it so i ...click on my start button and click
on computure..click on .searches ...then click on....recently changed
....there are files and things in there from day one when i opened my new
vista up every day i remove folders and pics and movies but in this location
every thing stays and is getting bigger and bigger although you can not open
anything when i try to delete it from this location it says program does not
exist and and it no longer excist in this locsation and everything is still
in this folder getting bigger and bigger please tell me how to remove them
thank you Bob

Is this a computer you acquired used?

If I acquired a used computer, the first thing I would do with it
would be to reinstall the operating system cleanly. You have no idea
how the computer has been maintained, what has been installed
incorrectly, what is missing, what viruses and spyware there may be,
etc. I wouldn't want to live with somebody else's mistakes and
problems, possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend
that anyone else do either. That goes double in your case, when you
can already see things you want to get rid of; the "pics and files and
stuff" you see may be only the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Wandering]

If this stuff is porn, then you are likely infected with malware. At least
that's where I would start looking.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

If this stuff is porn, then you are likely infected with malware. At least
that's where I would start looking.

Not me. I'm not the one with the computer. Please reply to the OP, not
just to anyone who happens to reply to him.

 

[Bob]

hello ken this was bought new from...dell.... but with sons you never know
how or why things are getting in but i sure want to get rid of alot if you
guys cant help me then i am going to the help line at dell but thank you for
your concern.

bob

 

[Yaz]

Hey there,

I also have a file which i cannot delete permanently. I accepted the file by
mistake in a transfer in an instant messaging chat. I deleted file from
"recently changed" and deleted the same file from "recycle bin". Although I
cannot open the file in "recently changed" as it states it has been deleted.
The file still remains in the list and the icon shows the picture content
which is visible.

How can I delete the file permantently from "recently changed" so it is no
longer shown in the list and no longer on my laptop. Dell advised me to
restore my laptop back to factory settings, but surely there is a much
simpler and quicker way rather than restoring.

I have already deleted the file from "recent items", but I want permanently
deleted from "recently changed" so it is not listed".

Sorry I am not very IT minded so hope the above does not sound too
ridiculous!!

Please help......thanks

Yaz