# When the FUCK did "My Documents" become a junk pile??

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 30, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-fuck-did-my-documents-become-a-junk-pile/282175 "2004-12-30T00:44:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-fuck-did-my-documents-become-a-junk-pile/282175/21 "2005-01-02T17:37:47Z")

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**Dead Badger** : [Death to My eBooks](http://windowsxp.mvps.org/myebooks.htm). I’ve never had those other extra folders there, so I don’t know if/how to get rid of them. But hey, no more eBooks.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-fuck-did-my-documents-become-a-junk-pile/282175/22 "2005-01-02T18:46:38Z")

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> [@Sir Dirx](#):
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> **Dead Badger** : [Death to My eBooks](http://windowsxp.mvps.org/myebooks.htm). I’ve never had those other extra folders there, so I don’t know if/how to get rid of them. But hey, no more eBooks.

Ah, nice one, thanks :). I was reading sites telling me I had to hack the WinXP protected files .dll, and was beginning to wonder whether it was worth the effort. Another one down…

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