gnucash directory and file locations

[Mike & Penny Hubbard]

I just installed gnucash 2.2.9 today and spent a few hours entering 
information for my small business.  Everything seems to work fine and I 
like the program.  But, when I went to move a copy of the gnucash file 
to another location for backup purposes I noticed that I have a lot of 
gnucash directories and files in my user directory.  I am not talking 
about the .gnucash file, the backup, and the transaction log files, as I 
have recently moved those to another subdirectory.  The directories and 
files that are in my user directory are:

.gconf [directory]
.gconfd [directory]
.gnome2 [directory]
.gnome2_private [directory]
.recently_used.xbel [file]
.ntuser.dat.LOG1 [file]
.ntuser.dat.LOG2 [file]

I don't know if I did something wrong during the installation that put 
these files there, but I don't want all of these items cluttering up my 
user directory.  These folders and files seem that they should be in a 
gnucash subdirectory under Appdata - can I move them there?  Is there 
somewhere else that these directories and files should be moved, as they 
certainly should not be in the main user directory, which is reserved 
for top level directories for documents, music, pictures, etc, not 
application files and directories.

I hate to have to lose the data that I input today, but wish I had 
checked the directory earlier, as this clutter is a show stopper for me.

Thanks for your help,

Mike