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Hi tickerric, Welcome to the forums !!! Wow !!! How many other applications are the same way ? Can you still see your Desktop ? Just pulling your leg. It certainly is time to clean up. Give us some more information about what browser and Download Manager that you use. This may help us to decide what other Applications may help you to avoid this and make your updating much easier. Best wishes, davey

Yeah, suppose you "know" that your Desktop is "obviously" the BEST. davey

Hello TechHarmony, It could be a critical issue for you. Do you have a copy of your (cc)leaner.ini file? Put a copy of your backup copy into the CCleaner folder. You may have lost the original or somewhere along the line that option was turned off or somehow the entry for your Backup directory has been deleted from your Registry. If you uninstalled CCleaner then you may have lost all your previous settings, cookies to save, etc. If you have typed it in recently it should reset. Try it some more and let us know. I recommend that you turn on that option at Options > Advanced > Save settings to INI file and make a copy of that file after you get all your settings reset, cookies to save, etc.. Save your backup copy in another folder not in your CCleaner folder. Best wishes. davey

Hi Eastman, This "disk-space-munching" only happens on Vista. It is not really "lost" space as some users think. It is Vista using the space. It is also Vista returning the space. There is no magic happening by using Defraggler. It is not the cause of the "loss" or the "return" of this space. Many users have done many things in order to recover this space. It is coincidental that the space is returned in almost all these cases. The user could continue the Defraggler run and the drive will be defragged. Some users have stopped the Defraggler run because they were watching the "Used space" and "Free space" fields and they mistakenly thought that Defraggler was "taking" the space. I do not know of any such thing happening in WinXP. Thanks for the good question, davey P.S. This response is in regards to this thread only. There were problems in the past recorded in other threads that I am not sure if Defraggler was actually the cause of "lost" space or not.

Hi Eric, Welcome to the forums !!! I am not a Firefox user but I do know that sometimes Firefox takes some time to completely close down. Use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to show the Task Manager and look in the Process list for firefox.exe and give it some more time to close. If it doesn't also see this related thread. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=121170 CCleaner can only clean best when all browsers are closed. Good luck, davey P.S. If I have misunderstood your question please provide the exact message that you are getting.

I didn't see any notices posted and since it is Sunday. A good time to update and Reboot. As listed at Filehippo.com 29 Nov 08 - AntiVir Personal 8.2.00.337 29 Nov 08 - Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1296 28 Nov 08 - AVG Free Edition 8.0.176 davey

DarkReading davey Laptops must be handled like little children. They will disappear if not held onto or attached in some manner. A laptop goes missing every 50 seconds at U.S. airports.(Whose it is, I don't know. If it is yours then it's no laughing matter.)

Hi Cymrubeats, That is unusual that you removed the Startup folder. This may be the cause of your interesting Startup list. It looks like every program that is actually loaded by the OS at startup. Maybe if you at least put a Startup folder back then this strange list will disappear. CCleaner will find an empty folder. Good luck, davey P.S. This thread from Tony Klein should help you understand. See 1. Autostart folder http://gladiator-antivirus.com/forum/index...ost&p=88429

Hello sixg, You can recover all your CCleaner settings from The CCleaner folder. In WinXP this is C:\Program Files\CCleaner. The text file named (cc)leaner.ini contains all your settings. This file is only created if you had the option at Options > Advanced > Save all settings to INI file. If you did not have this option set, then all your settings can be found in a copy of your Registry. How to recover them? I am not sure. I always recommend that the option to save the settings to INI file be set on. You can make a copy in case the original gets deleted. Plus it is easy to read since it is a text file. Flip the option off and back on and a new sorted version is created. Makes it easy to find things. Good luck, davey

Hello phoenix22, Welcome to the forums !!! Glad to have you as a member. Thanks for making your report. I know it is an extra effort for you. Going back to the prior version of CCleaner seems to be the solution for Firefox 2.0.0.018 users until the problem is corrected. Thanks for your service to your country, davey

Hi Ritik, Welcome to the forums !!! It certainly is going to be hard to get any advice about such an old version. Why not get your CCleaner up-to-date with the latest version ? Good luck, davey

Hi Submarine, Welcome to the forums!!! That is a new question. It is only a "bug" if you also have everything turned off on the Applications tab, I would think. I never even tried that before. davey P.S. I will test that out later. If you get unexpected Analysis then also let us know what OS, edition and vesion that you use. I use WinXP Pro SP3.

You are very welcome. It takes a forum. Now you can love Firefox and Piriform forums !!! Y'all come back now. Ya hear!!! davey

Are you running a scan ? I can recommend one if you don't have one. davey P.S. The program is free. Get the free version for now. Just press download and ignore everything but selecting the MBAM download site. Don't mess with any free scans or such offered at the download sites if any. I personally used the Download.com site. http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Once installed select Update tab and update the program. Then select the Scan tab and do a quick scan. It only takes 10 mins to do a quick scan.

Hmm, this may not be malware at all but I would run a scan just the same. I don't want to tell you to reboot until you run a scan. If nothing shows up then I would reboot and try CCleaner with its normal name restored to CCleaner.exe . I am presuming now that this is the first time that you have used CCleaner version 2. What OS, version and edition are you using ? davey

Hello mjb, Welcome to the forums !!! Thank you for your report. Another post has been made also. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...mp;#entry121708 Can you provide your specs also? The "bug fixers" will need it. You will probably have to revert back to the prior CCleaner version until the problem is fixed. davey

OK, then that means that you may be infected. Run your security scans and see what happens. The security logs can be used when reporting your problem. davey P.S. If you find anything then you must use this link to "clean" any malware from your PC. Do not run CCleaner after the scan because it may clean out your security scan logs. CCleaner is not a malware cleaning program. You will need Expert help from this link. I would not send any E-mails, etc until this is resolved. I understand that this makes you feel nervous and upset. You have every right to feel this way. Let us know. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=17457

Hello Bleached, Welcome to the forums !!! This is reported very infrequently. If you are knowledgeable enough then rename the CCleaner.exe program and try to run it. If that works then you may be infected with malware that prevents CCleaner from running. Run some security scans. I normally advise users to reboot but in your case it may advisable to keep your PC up and running as it is until we are sure that the PC is not infected with malware. Let us know as soon as you can. davey P.S. What security software do you have? Is your anti-virus software possibly stopping CCleaner ?

Hi Nick, I apologize that I overlooked your question regarding the CCleaner .reg backups. This is an important subject. You say that you do not use all your software immediately after doing Registry issues fixing. If something shows on the Registry scan I would be suspicious about anything that shows up that I did not recently do some sort of maintenace. Anyhow these files are normally small and I would wait at least 2 cycles of use. I normally save them a lot longer than that. I haven't used the Registry issues fixing in quite awhile anyway. Since I cleaned up my PC after 3 1/2 years of use with no maintenance. I don't do much software installing,testing, and uninstalling like many of the other members do. There is nothing wrong with them doing so since they test things out and provide valuable information related to such products. They are also very knowledgable about how to get themselves out of trouble. "Most users" are not and I advise them to leave the Registry alone. "Most users" will never see any performance improvements by removing things from the Registry. Messing with the Registry is only advised to fix specific problems. I would not even bother with anything other than CCleaner when it comes to registry issues removal but I probably won't use it for a long while now. Good luck, davey

Hi swamiji, Your best chance of "recovery" has nothing to do with where the file was displayed or stored unless it is stored on other than the C drive.The best chance of recovery on the C drive is an old file. The newer the file the more likely it will be reused very soon. Installing a new copy of Recuva on the same partition can in itself possibly overwrite what you are trying to recover. If you do find the deleted file, then you want to "Recuva" it to another partition. Good luck, davey Edited to expound on drive location. davey

Yes, the System Restore has the Registry and hopefully the other files necessary to restore you back to that time. However , you must keep in mind that any Registry changes since then will disappear. If you don't change things very often then you should be OK. davey

Hello bgrayesq, Welcome to the forums !!! You should just uncheck Recent Documents and click on Analyze again. It will show you a new list of what will be cleaned. What is the full path name of one of these files ? DO NOT click on Run cleaner until you are satisfied. http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/ CCleaner Beginner's Guide.com Bookmark and save to Favorites New members Advice for CCleaner Start here with this link and follow its advice. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=105208 Also see this link about the Registry and newbies. http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?s=&amp...ost&p=96510 davey Edit If these are Office or Word documents then you may want to uncheck those on the Applications tab. Let us know how it goes.

Hi Ya blackpage, The other guys have given you some good tips but the most important question I think is "Did you find the recoverable file with the name that you were aware of when you think you put it in the Recycle Bin?". It may be just as the others have suggested. If you found the same named file using Recuva then it definitely was not in the Recycle Bin. See this about what names to look for when trying to "Recuva" files from the Recycle bin at What to do if you can't find your file . http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=14299 There are some things that have been missed by CCleaner in the past and we are trying to find out if there is still a problem. Let us know,please. Thanks, davey P.S. Like the others, I do not use CCleaner to Empty my Recycle Bin. I treat the Recycle Bin just like my office trash can. Nobody empties it except ME. That is why it is called "File 13". Many members have a special Shredder folder that they drag and drop files to be "secure deleted". They have an INCLUDE entry for that folder at Options > Include . Everything contained in that folder gets "secure deleted" if "secure delete" option is set . Also, 1 overwrite is sufficient. CCleaner overwrites with zeros and the file name is changed to a bunch of ZZZZs.

Hello cartel, You have some bits of yahoo at the least. Are you sure it is not just turned off ? This is what is checked and cleaned from the Embedded winapp.ini file . [Yahoo Toolbar] LangSecRef=3022 Detect=HKCU\Software\Yahoo\Companion Default=True RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Yahoo\Companion\SearchHistory I would try uninstalling before deleting any thing but that is up to you. davey Gobble is your friend. Try "yahoo toolbar uninstall".

You can keep up to date here. Happy Birthday Windows !!! http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ davey