Manage the number of days for automatic desktop cleanup.

This tweak is use to set the number of days for automatic desktop cleanup.

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Description:
Every 60 days windows checks if there any files on your desktop that haven't been used for a long time. By using this tweak you are able to alter the number of days for automatic desktop cleanup. For this, go to start > run menu, enter "regedit" and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value "days between clean up", if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and set the value data with number of days between two cleanup, using the decimal radix. Log off or restart your system for the change to take effect.

Level: Recommended For Novice Users

Registry Entries

Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz\]

Location: Current User

Value Name: Days between clean up

Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value:

Disabled Value:

Action Type: Add an Entry

Screenshots

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to <b> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Desktop\CleanupWiz\]</b>,right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "Days between clean up" in "CleanupWiz" key.

Next, right-click on "Days between clean up" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "User Defined Number of Days " (Base Hexadecimal) without quotation in he text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.


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