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Look at the very, very bottom of the forum page. On the left hand side a drop down box, CCleaner styles.

Not using netzero or firefox means I cannot really help much. Only thing I have read about, is if this started after installing firefox (or upgrading) have you told your firewall to allow it. Also is your former ISP fully uninstalled so that the computer is not confused as to which connection it should allow. Have a look in network connections and make sure any old isp has all options turned off.

Is the backup that is made still a .reg file ppod? Have a read here http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=12952 If you are xp you could try the reg association repair here. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

It's sad that you have had to lose things in order to learn about the problems that can happen with .dbx files. What you have learnt, and this thread, may help others.

Well your worries are over http://www.mediashak.com/index.php?main_pa...roducts_id=1607 Not sure what to get the wife for Xmas? So handy! http://www.mediashak.com/index.php?main_pa...products_id=847 Lots of fun things to have a bit of a smile at on this site.

Are you xp or vista? Have you tried uninstalling and then perhaps installing the slim build from here? http://www.CCleaner.com/download/builds

Just had a very quick look and they seem to be different products.

Ahhh, I see now where it could be confusing. As if you click on download on that page, and then other builds, you get to the page I showed with the portable link in it. I will make enquiries

Okay Culla, lets get things sorted here I have no idea why your original link wasn't posted, or if it was removed. From your first post in this thread it wasn't clear that you were asking for reassurance that it was a legit download from that site. My post was just to keep you, and others, informed as to where CCleaner's own download site was. I am not sure as to what pinned message you are referring to, what site is it on Culla? I'm sure rdsok wasn't being overly critical, perhaps just making a remark based on the amount of info he had from this thread.

A couple of links for you, the first is just info, (but still worth a read) http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm Not sure how well this will work as I have never used it, but it's free http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/OE_Reader/dbxviewer.html

Fracisco, if you look here at webroots Spanish site, the firewall isn't mentioned (I think!) http://www.webroot.com/es/index.php But if you change the country by the drop-down box on the top right of the page to USA or UK, it is mentioned for those countries.

Thanks Dennis

Why don't you give a link so he can read it? Here you go Dansan http://www.internetrotsyourbrain.com/ccleanerbeginnersguide/

When CCleaner is installed do options>settings>there are the boxes you mean, I think. Not actually too sure what it is you want.

There was a post a while back here that MAY help, and it mentions recuva http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...;hl=.dbx+emails

That build, and others, are available on CCleaner's own download page. http://www.CCleaner.com/download/builds

Mentions those two programs here, perhaps it's to do with zone settings? (scroll down) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...0/security.aspx

Well...... in an interesting way http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox

A couple of posts about this http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=12807 http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=12746

Just in case you have, can you check and make sure you don't have 'Close program after cleaning' ticked in options>advanced. If not what version are you running and are you xp or vista.

My best paid for software is First Defence-Instant System Rescue. It allows me to boot into a snapshot even when windows won't boot or my other snapshots are totally screwed up.

Great idea Tony.

Any chance you could do a screenshoot of what you are talking about?

The green alternative http://www.spodesabode.com/content/article/cardboard

Hello Steve and welcome to the forum. I think for CCleaner to go the full distance and act as a system restore would be asking a lot of a free small program. However just in case you didn't realise, when you do an 'issues' clean you are offered the choice of making a backup of the registry entries you have cleaned. This is saved by default in 'my documents' and the entries can be restored to the registry by right-clicking on the backup and choosing merge. In case you haven't seen the beginners guide, here it is http://www.internetrotsyourbrain.com/ccleanerbeginnersguide/