I have used this software for two years, and it has been very good indeed. I always use backup with
ccleaner, but have never found the need to use backup, so use the reg. cleaner with confidence.
Have used c cleaner for two years now and it is without doubt one of the most efficient cleaners and
easy to use cleaners anywhere on the internet a user friendly interface and does not attempt to take
control of your computer as many other pieces of software do
I downloaded , use it , but made bad experience , it causes my computer loose the
language componant in windows, so i just get very strange letters on my screen , cause me 60 $ to
fix the problem...!!!
Hey Guys, I have also updated CCleaner by this
link(http://ccleaner.software.informer.com/download/), everything is working it installed the
latest version 2.19 on my PC What link were you clicking on?
CCleaner is an excellent, powerful, freeware tool, but it is not a thorough as some alternatives
(free and shareware or commercial). The first such product that I found and licensed was Tracks
Eraser Pro, back in 2000, for which I purchased a lifetime license for $29.95 USD. Tracks Eraser Pro
is much faster and more thorough than CCleaner, but when I last checked it is not compatible with
Vista. Also, if you run CCleaner on a computer with multiple Windows accounts you may encounter
problems with CCleaner not being able to clean certain directories, because those directories belong
to other users: Each user will have to run CCleaner manually from her or his account, or you can log
in as Administrator to run CCleaner on the entire PC for all accounts. (WARNING: If you have one
account on your system, yours, and you run as administrator all of the time, any damage by a
"cracker" or malicious software will have administrative/"root" privileges -- ensuring maximum
damage to your OS and, with especially destructive "malware," destruction of most or all of your
data...whereas running as a standard user restricts the power of malware and "crackers." CCleaner
also will be unable to perform a thorough cleaning if you share a computer and every user insists
upon being in the administrators user group -- but "cruft" on your hard drive is the least of your
worries if every user's account gives "the dark side" the rights of the 'Administrator' account;
multiple administrative accounts on one machine adds to your risk. I speak from experience, because
I provide free support to 10 family members in the area who run Windows XP Home or Pro, have ignored
my warnings about running as an administrator "because it is more convenient," and I am sick of
rebuilding Windows XP installations and reinstalling all of the programs -- over and over.) Back to
CCleaner.... I suggest enabling he setting to ignore temporary system files less than 48 hours old.
Although CCleaner has a registry tool (with a backup feature), use it at your own risk. It takes a
"sledgehammer" approach, although it is safe to delete registry entries for programs that you have
uninstalled. Finally, do not set CCleaner, or any similar product, to run at startup or shutdown!
When you install or uninstall many programs, the installation/removal process does not complete
until after you reboot the system. The installer/uninstaller needs temporary files that it has
created to finish the (un)installation, and you will corrupt the process -- which is especially
nasty if you are installing a program -- by deleting these needed files. You can always use Task
Scheduler to have CCleaner run a few minutes after Windows has loaded (a process that requires
administrative privileges); just remember that CCleaner will display an error and abort its "cruft
removal" if you are using a Web browser and do not close it. (It does not simply skip cleaning
tempororary files in use by your browser, CCleaner aborts the entire cleaning process.)
