Lots of new users tend to press the button without knowing what will happen.
I'm not a newbie to using PC's; am a newbie to the highly recommended CCleaner.
I downloaded from the default Web download site, attempted to run Ver. 2.03.532, and my WinXP2 SP2 stated:
"Not a valid Windows file". (!)
I then downloaded same version from the Alternate Site; this one booted OK and installed Ver. 2.03.532 .
After the program install, doing a system Restart, then booting CCleaner, Ver. 2.03.532, I click-on the tabs and observe that "everything" is already defaulted as check-marked.
My 1st thoughts: "Are these check-marked as Exclusions or Inclusions?"
There is no so-called industry standard about that.
I saw that CCleaner has no built-in offline Help files.
The program's Help File click-on's Web site came up as "Not accessible" with all 3 of my browsers: Firefox, Opera, IE7.
So what's a CCleaner newbie to do?
Attempt to get some answers from any suitable "info" forums!
After reading the last few posts in this forum I THINK that UN-checking all those boxes changes the default to basically, "CCleaner defaults to Do-Nothing-to-Anything (Yet) - proceed with thoughtful care and caution."!
Would be helpful, though to find where the CCleaner online help files are located!
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I'm not a newbie to using PC's; am a newbie to the highly recommended CCleaner.
I downloaded from the default Web download site, attempted to run Ver. 2.03.532, and my WinXP2 SP2 stated:
"Not a valid Windows file". (!)
I then downloaded same version from the Alternate Site; this one booted OK and installed Ver. 2.03.532 .
After the program install, doing a system Restart, then booting CCleaner, Ver. 2.03.532, I click-on the tabs and observe that "everything" is already defaulted as check-marked.
My 1st thoughts: "Are these check-marked as Exclusions or Inclusions?"
There is no so-called industry standard about that.
I saw that CCleaner has no built-in offline Help files.
The program's Help File click-on's Web site came up as "Not accessible" with all 3 of my browsers: Firefox, Opera, IE7.
So what's a CCleaner newbie to do?
Attempt to get some answers from any suitable "info" forums!
After reading the last few posts in this forum I THINK that UN-checking all those boxes changes the default to basically, "CCleaner defaults to Do-Nothing-to-Anything (Yet) - proceed with thoughtful care and caution."!
Would be helpful, though to find where the CCleaner online help files are located!
---John