Dennis Vogel

After an analyze is performed, it would be nice to be able to remove items from the list of things to be removed before running Cleaner. Sometimes I see a few temp files I want to keep from among a sea of ones I want to delete. I don't see any way to simple remove the few from the list so I can Clean out the rest. Thanks for considering this idea. Good luck. Dennis

Thank you for quoting the relevant section of the user guide. Reading it here still gives me the impression that the Windows and Applications tabs are processed separately. There's a section in the guid for each tab and each section says "Clicking on Analyze will create a list of everything CCleaner is going to clean." and "Clicking on Run Cleaner will clean everything." There is no mention that when you click in one section you are also processing the items from the other section. Come to think of it, I may have read this and that might be where I got the idea that they were processed separately. I guess it comes down to what the context for "everything" is. In any case, you now know the source of my confusion. Use this information as you see fit. Thanks. Good luck. Dennis

Aha! The lightbulb goes on. So the settings on both the "Windows" and "Applications" tab are processed when the Analyze button is pushed. Aha! I was under the (mistaken) impression that each tab was processed independently. If that was in the beginners guide, I missed it. Yes, I unchecked all of the Application boxes as all I wanted to do was a subset of what's on the "Windows" tab. No, it is I who must express the thanks. Everything seems to be working as expected now that I know the way the program processes the selections under the two tabs. Good luck. Dennis

No, thank you for taking the time to help me understand. Dennis

So there's no other way, short of that, to have cookies ignored? I guess I still don't understand why cookies are listed for removal when I don't check and cookie options. Say I only want to delete browser temp files. Why are cookies even in the picture? Why does the program even look at them when only temp files is chekced? That's what's confusing to me. Dennis

What version are you using? Dennis

First, thank you for CCleaner. It's a great program and the price is right. I know cookies is a hot topic here. I've read through many past posts about how to keep cookies from getting deleted and I'm still confused. I'm using version 2.05.555 but I think my question applies to other versions. Basically, my question is why are cookies always scanned and offered up for deletion even if you only select, say, Empty Recycle Bin or any of the other cleaning options? It would seem logical to only process cookies when the Cookie box is checked. Is there any way (short of moving cookies to the "Cookies To Keep" list) to get CCleaner to simply ignore cookies and do the things I select? If I can get this one thing to work reliably I will gladly donate to the effort of keeping this program up-to-date. Thanks. Dennis