Ellie Dee

Thank you for your message. When I referred to files I did not wish to delete, I was referring to files from upgrading two large and important programs within the previous 48 hours which I thought prudent to keep for the 48 hours. The Local Settings Temp folder was filled with so many files that sifting through would be quite a chore. It looks, however, as if I am going to have to take on the job, unfortunately, and manually delete those old files. I wonder whether I am correct in concluding that if the 48 hour box is checked, CCleaner will not delete any files at all from a folder that contains files from within that time frame. Ellie Dee

After reading good things about CCleaner, I downloaded and installed the software. I religiously clean my temporary Internet files several times a day, but I have noticed that I have a large number of temp files in Windows Local Settings--actually 19 GB! When I analyzed my drive with CCleaner, the Windows temp files were not designated to be deleted; however, if I removed the check mark to delete only files older than 48 hours, then all those files would be deleted. I have looked at those files and found that most of them were much older than 48 hours. Actually, they were months old and many over a year old and were not being used. Included were a very large number of photos dated November 27, 2007. These are large files and need to be deleted. It does not look as if CCleaner is really analyzing the files and checking the age of the files. It seems to want to delete all or none. There are a few files from the last 48 hours which I would rather keep for the time being. I would appreciate knowing how I can use the program, checking the 48 hour box, and have all the old files deleted. As it is, the program is not useful in this aspect. Ellie Dee