Frank:
I'm a big fan of IE Privacy Keeper, as well, and have used it for a few
years now. Although I also like Ccleaner, and regularly install it on my
clients' computers, I prefer IE Privacy Keeper for myself, because of
its advanced options. Oddly, I have recently recommended it twice in
this forum (see "Cleaning Registry of Privacy Keys" thread), and found
that other posters in the thread have just brushed it off, which is, of
course, their perogative, but also their loss. For instance, I
recommended it to Anthony Susa in response to the following post:
Anthony Susa wrote:
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How can we daily clean the WinXP registry of privacy data which the
standard programs miss?
I run the following freeware privacy programs daily ... but I STILL find
some esoteric privacy keys left in the Windows XP SP2 registry! I can
delete these esoteric keys manually but doing that every day is a pain. It
would be nicer if we can teach a freeware program about those keys. What
freeware registry cleaner program can we add keys to so it learns how to
maintain our privacy?
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But Anthony looked it over, didn't like IE Privacy Keeper, and went on
in the thread to discuss a variety of ways to make batch files with
other posters, instead. To my mind, IE Privacy Keeper is far simpler
than making up your own batch files, and Anthony *had* been asking for a
program to clean out specified keys, but to each his own.
For a second example, in the same thread I touted the virtues of IE
Privacy Keeper to Seamaiden, and Seamaiden's response was as follows:
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I just tried IE Privacy Keeper and was not at all impressed with it.
Everything it can do, CCleaner can do -- and more. Since you can add
programs to winapp2.ini, the possibilities are endless. What is often
helpful is to review the file & registry settings for other cleaning
programs, writing down the locations of the files/keys, and then adding
them to a text file. Then you can add them to winapp2.ini, Window
Washer, or any other cleaning program that has the capability to add
additional files/keys. I did not like Window Washer ($29) because
everything it can do, I can do with CCleaner and Eraser (both free).
Still, it's good to try new programs. It's also good to try new versions
of programs you tried previously, in case they fixed bugs or came up
with new features.
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Well, all I could respond to that was this:
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Hmm. How do you tell Ccleaner to overwrite (erase) specific files or
registry keys? And how do you tell Ccleaner to overwrite a
personally-specified number of times, rename folders before deletion,
reset file size to zero before deletion, and/or move files/folders
before deletion? How do you tell Ccleaner to keep selective entries when
cleaning out the Temporary Internet Files, Browsing History, Auto
Complete Values, or Typed URLs in (selectively) your Internet Explorer
or Firefox? How do you tell Ccleaner how to except certain files from
being deleted when cleaning out the Windows Temporary Files, and how to
you specify a personally determined amount of time to delay cleaning out
new Windows Temporary Files? How do you tell Ccleaner to automatically
run at shutdown (instead of startup), or tell it to automatically run
whenever the last IE window (or Firefox window)is closed, or when a
specified application exits? If you set Ccleaner to automatically run at
startup, how do you tell it to delay cleaning for a specified number of
seconds to avoid conflicts with other apps? How do you tell Ccleaner to
show a personally-specified message window or sound while it is cleaning?
I looked all over Ccleaner for these kinds of options and couldn't find
them, which is why I prefer IE Privacy Keeper.
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I haven't received a response from Seamaiden yet . . .
