Changing The Defaults For The Powerclean Feature - McAfee OFFICE 3.1 User Manual

In some cases, the color code is determined by your default settings. For
example, if you specify that files of a specific type in a specific location should
never be deleted, those files are marked with a red circle.
Descriptions of PowerClean color codes
Code
Red circle with a
diagonal line across it
Red circle
Yellow square
Green triangle

Changing the defaults for the PowerClean feature

If you have started the PowerClean feature and are working in the
PowerClean dialog box, click Settings on the Options menu. The Settings
dialog box opens with the PowerClean page open.
Description
Files marked with this code are necessary for your
computer to run correctly.
You cannot delete these files from the PowerClean
dialog box.
Critical files used by applications, and files that are
not old enough to be deleted.
The original default is set to prevent you from
deleting these files. We strongly recommend that
you keep this default setting. Files used by
applications should never be deleted.
To change the age files must reach before they can
be deleted, change the accessed and/or modified
age specified in the Settings dialog box.
Important files.
These files might be used by applications on your
computer. They might also be linked to
applications on a removable disk that is not
currently available.
Read information in the Advice tab before you
delete these files and make sure that deleting them
will not cause operating system or application
problems.
Files that are not important to the operating system
or applications.
They might be very important to you, however.
Make sure that you know what they are used for
before you delete them, and create backups in case
you need them again.
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