CCleaner

The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this utility
again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of the experts
(Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the CLEANER component
and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some interesting
tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this utility safer?

Dan

The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of the
experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the CLEANER
component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some interesting
tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this utility safer?

Dan

Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of the
experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the CLEANER
component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some interesting
tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this utility safer?

Dan

't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did, however,
state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for specific
cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual cleaning when I
wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton after dumping the app.
As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky, especially, if left to its' own
devices. I would never allow any 'auto' cleaning, I heavily scrutinize the
items found and ALWAYS make a backup of anything removed. As a result, I
have never had any problem with CC or what it does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of the
experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the CLEANER
component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and deleted
%temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component of CCleaner,
excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of junk. I didn't pay
much attention as to where the junk was located but I'm curious for the
future because I thought I was clearing all the junk in my weekly
maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for specific
cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual cleaning when I
wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton after dumping the app.
As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky, especially, if left to its'
own devices. I would never allow any 'auto' cleaning, I heavily
scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make a backup of anything removed.
As a result, I have never had any problem with CC or what it does. I like
it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of
the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the
CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

Dan,

Just adding on:

After the cleanup you can see the "Details of files deleted".

You can even save the details to a text file (Right-click and save).

You can also use Options Cookies and select the "Cookies to keep".

After selecting these you can safely delete all cookies, because CCleaner
will keep the ones you want.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and
deleted %temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component of
CCleaner, excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of junk. I
didn't pay much attention as to where the junk was located but I'm curious
for the future because I thought I was clearing all the junk in my weekly
maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for
specific cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual
cleaning when I wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton after
dumping the app. As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky, especially,
if left to its' own devices. I would never allow any 'auto' cleaning, I
heavily scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make a backup of anything
removed. As a result, I have never had any problem with CC or what it
does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of
the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the
CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

Something I missed that is a must on WinME:

ALWAYS, and I do mean ALWAYS, reboot after the cleanup or it may mess up
System Restore!

Zee


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Dan,

Just adding on:

After the cleanup you can see the "Details of files deleted".

You can even save the details to a text file (Right-click and save).

You can also use Options Cookies and select the "Cookies to keep".

After selecting these you can safely delete all cookies, because CCleaner
will keep the ones you want.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and
deleted %temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component of
CCleaner, excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of junk. I
didn't pay much attention as to where the junk was located but I'm
curious for the future because I thought I was clearing all the junk in
my weekly maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for
specific cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual
cleaning when I wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton after
dumping the app. As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky,
especially, if left to its' own devices. I would never allow any 'auto'
cleaning, I heavily scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make a backup
of anything removed. As a result, I have never had any problem with CC
or what it does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off
tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of
the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the
CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

Thanks Zee......I was just getting on to mention that!!! Hope Dan got it in
time. Another item I thought about after I saw Cookies mentioned.....is the
index.dat file setting. If you have Cookies unchecked and the Index.dat
files set to remove, it will remove the /index.dat/ file from the Cookies
folder, effectively rendering them unuseable!! If you have specific
websites, i.e. Weather, customized to certain areas, you will lose this
customization when the Cookies index.dat file is removed at next boot. I
have looked for a way to keep the Cookie index.dat and remove the others,
like from History, Temp Internet, etc........but, no luck yet. Haven't
really looked that hard :-).
Heirloom, old and if someone know how, let me
know!!!


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Something I missed that is a must on WinME:

ALWAYS, and I do mean ALWAYS, reboot after the cleanup or it may mess up
System Restore!

Zee


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Dan,

Just adding on:

After the cleanup you can see the "Details of files deleted".

You can even save the details to a text file (Right-click and save).

You can also use Options Cookies and select the "Cookies to keep".

After selecting these you can safely delete all cookies, because CCleaner
will keep the ones you want.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and
deleted %temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component
of CCleaner, excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of
junk. I didn't pay much attention as to where the junk was located but
I'm curious for the future because I thought I was clearing all the junk
in my weekly maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for
specific cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual
cleaning when I wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton
after dumping the app. As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky,
especially, if left to its' own devices. I would never allow any
'auto' cleaning, I heavily scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make a
backup of anything removed. As a result, I have never had any problem
with CC or what it does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off
tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry
cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at this
utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall one of
the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use only the
CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

Thanks Zee & 'Loom

Actually I did reboot, not because I knew I had to, but rather because I
usually do my maintenance in a "tricked" CLEAN BOOT environment (mvp Gary S
Terhune recommendation way back in the days of 98SE). Hmm, I'm just
thinking, I went in there again this morning and saved whatever cookies I
thought I needed and then reinserted the checkmark in COOKIES and ran it one
more time but this time I did not reboot.

If there's a chance that it messes up SR, should I flush it and start anew?

Thanks for the support Gentlemen, it is certainly appreciated.

Dan

"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee......I was just getting on to mention that!!! Hope Dan got it
in time. Another item I thought about after I saw Cookies
mentioned.....is the index.dat file setting. If you have Cookies
unchecked and the Index.dat files set to remove, it will remove the
/index.dat/ file from the Cookies folder, effectively rendering them
unuseable!! If you have specific websites, i.e. Weather, customized to
certain areas, you will lose this customization when the Cookies index.dat
file is removed at next boot. I have looked for a way to keep the Cookie
index.dat and remove the others, like from History, Temp Internet,
etc........but, no luck yet. Haven't really looked that hard :-).
Heirloom, old and if someone know how, let me
know!!!


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Something I missed that is a must on WinME:

ALWAYS, and I do mean ALWAYS, reboot after the cleanup or it may mess up
System Restore!

Zee


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Dan,

Just adding on:

After the cleanup you can see the "Details of files deleted".

You can even save the details to a text file (Right-click and save).

You can also use Options Cookies and select the "Cookies to keep".

After selecting these you can safely delete all cookies, because
CCleaner will keep the ones you want.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and
deleted %temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component
of CCleaner, excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of
junk. I didn't pay much attention as to where the junk was located but
I'm curious for the future because I thought I was clearing all the
junk in my weekly maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for
specific cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual
cleaning when I wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton
after dumping the app. As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky,
especially, if left to its' own devices. I would never allow any
'auto' cleaning, I heavily scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make
a backup of anything removed. As a result, I have never had any
problem with CC or what it does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off
tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry
cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at
this utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall
one of the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use
only the CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan

I have had no problems with deleting the (in)famous index.dat file and
keeping the cookies I want to.

And if you enjoy your privacy deleting "index.dat" is a must.

But, then... maybe it's me being paranoid..??


Zee


"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee......I was just getting on to mention that!!! Hope Dan got it
in time. Another item I thought about after I saw Cookies
mentioned.....is the index.dat file setting. If you have Cookies
unchecked and the Index.dat files set to remove, it will remove the
/index.dat/ file from the Cookies folder, effectively rendering them
unuseable!! If you have specific websites, i.e. Weather, customized to
certain areas, you will lose this customization when the Cookies index.dat
file is removed at next boot. I have looked for a way to keep the Cookie
index.dat and remove the others, like from History, Temp Internet,
etc........but, no luck yet. Haven't really looked that hard :-).
Heirloom, old and if someone know how, let me
know!!!


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Something I missed that is a must on WinME:

ALWAYS, and I do mean ALWAYS, reboot after the cleanup or it may mess up
System Restore!

Zee


"oops!!" wrote in message
...
Dan,

Just adding on:

After the cleanup you can see the "Details of files deleted".

You can even save the details to a text file (Right-click and save).

You can also use Options Cookies and select the "Cookies to keep".

After selecting these you can safely delete all cookies, because
CCleaner will keep the ones you want.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks 'loom.

I used the utility last evening. I had just manually deleted all things
temp; at least I thought I had.

I used Disk Cleanup in System Tools, then deleted TIF, rebooted and
deleted %temp% via the run command. I then ran the "cleaner" component
of CCleaner, excluding Cookies, and it found an additional 44 MB of
junk. I didn't pay much attention as to where the junk was located but
I'm curious for the future because I thought I was clearing all the
junk in my weekly maintenance schedule.

I'll play with it over the next week or so and see how much more of the
utility I can use. Could be very interesting!

Dan
"Heirloom" wrote in message
...
't'weren't me that issued the caution, and, I am NO expert! I did,
however, state that I use the reg cleaner portion of this app for
specific cleanups...just because I find it easier than doing manual
cleaning when I wish to dispose of, for example, all things Norton
after dumping the app. As Zee stated, the reg cleaner can be risky,
especially, if left to its' own devices. I would never allow any
'auto' cleaning, I heavily scrutinize the items found and ALWAYS make
a backup of anything removed. As a result, I have never had any
problem with CC or what it does. I like it.
Heirloom, old and may have to turn the A/C off
tonight

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Thanks Zee

"oops!!" wrote in message
...
The risky part is the registry cleaner, as with ALL registry
cleaners.

The rest, IMO, is totally safe, useful and usable.

Zee





"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
The recent thread on the CCleaner update prompted me to look at
this utility again. It has been several years but I seem to recall
one of the experts (Alias or Heirloom??) issuing a caution to use
only the CLEANER component and nothing else.

I have just looked at the utility and it appears to have some
interesting tools. Has anything changed over the years to make this
utility safer?

Dan