diff --git a/SparkleShare.userprefs b/SparkleShare.userprefs
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-<Properties>
-  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workspace ActiveConfiguration="Debug" ctype="Workspace" />
-  <MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench ActiveDocument="SparkleShare/SparklePonyWindow.cs" ctype="Workbench">
-    <Files>
-      <File FileName="SparkleShare/Main.cs" Line="35" Column="3" />
-      <File FileName="SparkleShare/Repository.cs" Line="463" Column="1" />
-      <File FileName="SparkleShare/SparklePonyUI.cs" Line="18" Column="21" />
-      <File FileName="SparkleShare/SparklePonyStatusIcon.cs" Line="18" Column="21" />
-      <File FileName="SparkleShare/SparklePonyWindow.cs" Line="490" Column="22" />
-    </Files>
-    <Pads>
-      <Pad Id="ProjectPad">
-        <State expanded="True">
-          <Node name="SparkleShare" expanded="True">
-            <Node name="References" expanded="True" />
-            <Node name="SparklePonyWindow.cs" selected="True" />
-          </Node>
-        </State>
-      </Pad>
-      <Pad Id="ClassPad">
-        <State expanded="True" selected="True" />
-      </Pad>
-    </Pads>
-  </MonoDevelop.Ide.Workbench>
-</Properties>
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diff --git a/SparkleShare.usertasks b/SparkleShare.usertasks
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<ArrayOfUserTask xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
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