*************If you do not see detailed list***************** ~~ Locate VIEWS button in your toolbar near top right of your screen ~~ Locate little down arrow button next to VIEWS ~~ Click on little down arrow and a drop down menu will appear ~~ Click on Details option *******************************************************************

We'll going to be looking at MY Documents Folder... not really mine but yours:-)

~~ Double Click on My Documents You will be presented with a list of all folders you have created in My Documents and any documents or files you have saved under My Documents.

Notice date and time under Modified. Now here is where date can fool you. If you backup your folders and files (You do do backups don't you? I'll be writing about that in March) or have opened folder or file or did something with document, it WILL NOT have created date.

To find out creation date:

~~ Click on document you want to check on ~~ Click on File in toolbar, usually located at top left of your screen ~~ Locate Properties on drop down menu ~~ Click on Properties ~~ Click on General or Statistics ~~ Locate creation date ~~ Click OK

Now decide if you need to delete document or keep it. If you want to delete document press Delete key on your keyboard and follow on screen instructions.

*******************Please Remember********************* OPEN a folder to see all documents you might have stored there before deleting a folder! *************************************************************

You are now on your way to D-Busting Your Computer! Please check back next month when I will be writing about B is for Backups!

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall

The Organizing Wizard, Janet L. Hall, is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author. She is owner of OverHall Consulting, and Organizing By Phone. Subscribe to her FREE organizing newsletter at http://www.overhall.com/newsletter.htm or visit her web site at http://www.overhall.com

Copyright 1999, 2000 by OverHall Consulting P.O. Box 263, Port Republic, MD 20676 All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy, or distribute so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting author is attached.

To re-install just follow steps you just went through.

Now, I know what you are thinking. You went through steps BUT program, e-book, game, etc. that you want to uninstall was not found in ADD/REMOVE list.

I have a solution for those too!

Click on START Move Pointer to PROGRAMS Move Pointer to item in this list that you want to uninstall. Look in small pop-up menu for UNINSTALL Click on UNINSTALL

TIP: Don’t do what so many others have done. DO NOT go into program and DELETE all * functions *, including uninstall! Chances are program will still be on your computer BUT NOW you have no way to UNINSTALL it!

WARNING, WARNING: Deleting a program instead of uninstalling it can * sometimes * render your computer useless! DO NOT uninstall a program if you DO NOT have CD or Disk to re-install UNLESS you KNOW YOU WILL NEVER want to use that program again! Deleting an icon will only remove icon NOT program!

Next month we’ll be back with S stands for SAVE in D-BUST Your Computer.

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall

The Organizing Wizard, Janet L. Hall, is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author. She is owner of OverHall Consulting, and Organizing By Phone. Subscribe to her FREE organizing newsletter at http://www.overhall.com/newsletter.htm or visit her web site at http://www.overhall.com

Copyright 1999, 2000 by OverHall Consulting P.O. Box 263, Port Republic, MD 20676 All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy, or distribute so long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting author is attached.