CCleaner - Warn Me about it

[Guest]

Okay, so I've heard you guys mention this thing and a new version came out so
I decided to check it out.

In the beginning I just going to scan and then do things that I understand
manually.

So what do I need to look out for?
What should I not trust it to do.

I recall mention in this group (was it by BillS) of the fact that programs
like these can mess you up if you let them clean certain things. So Warn me.

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Tim
Geek w/o Portfolio
Only the Paranoid Survive

 

[Guest]

Sorry, meant to label this off topic:
OT: CCleaner - Warn Me about it (wish we could edit out posts)

 

[Guest]

Hello Tim,

This is my setup with CCleaner.

Internet Explorer.-
Uncheck Last D/L Location
Uncheck Autocomplete Form History.

System.-
Uncheck Clipboard
Uncheck Windows Log Files.

Appications.-
Uncheck All

Issues.-
Use always the backup. (Easy to restore the deleted registry)
Run the Issues 2 o 3 times. No always get deleted all the keys the first run.

Options.- Settings
Uncheck all boxes

Cookies.-
Your choice.

After this, only you can decide was is convenient for your needs.

Good luck
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[Bill Sanderson MVP]

I don't have any specifics to give--I've only tried it once, and that was a
good long time ago. Every registry cleaner has the potential to break
something--usually not irreparably. For example, Microsoft has one in
Windows Live OneCare--the online version. I used that on a machine in an
office, and several months later, critical Office patches failed to be
applied on that machine--either automatically or individually, manually.
When I opened an email support incident with Microsoft PSS about the issue,
the first suggestion of many in the response was to use the .REG file
created by the registry cleaner to reverse the operation. That fixed the
problem.

We've seen regular posts here about Windows Defender "forgetting" some
settings or events, which have often been traceable to a registry cleaner
removing entries that held this information.

I've no doubt that the default stuff done by this product is reasonably
safe--I know the author works hard at keeping it up to date and has a large
user base and gets feedback. I'm also quite sure that you can choose
settings which will remove stuff that you might not have chosen to remove,
or which is sufficiently subtle that you may not easily backtrack from the
symptom that appears to the use of the registry cleaner. Go cautiously.

 

[Guest]

"Go cautiously" ???

Who? Me?

You're funny today Bill

Thanks for the feed back, and you too Engel.
I'm still open to more. Robin, You must have an opinion? Share with us!

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Tim
Geek w/o Portfolio
Only the Paranoid Survive

 

[Guest]

I recall mention in this group (was it by BillS) of the fact that programs
like these can mess you up if you let them clean certain things. So Warn me.

I've found it entirely reliable and I use it's basic clearout functions all
the time, with no problems at all. (I have an earlier version which doesn't
have the option to clean Defender, so I never hit the problems that some have
had in that department.)

But no way do I ever let it clean my registry, and I won't - unless I have
my back to the wall, and it's a last resort, with the alternative being a
reinstall of Windows. It seems to me that although there may seem to be no
immediate issues after a registry clean, that doesn't mean that a few weeks
down the line, related issues may emerge unrecognised for what they are
(which I think is what Bill is talking about in his post).