[Does updating the CC verision wipe out saved cookies in the older version?]

Thanks to all of you for your input. This isn't a major problem, just an inconvenience. I have used CCleaner for years and love it. I have always overwritten the previous version - which I thought was a GREAT way to handle updates. I never had this problem before on either of my desktops both running XP. Seems to be just my laptop with VISTA. I haven't changed any settings (until now when I created the ini file) so all computers were set up the same way. I know I mentioned that RegCure might have something to do with it, but then I got thinking......I have RegCure on my other computers too and haven't had any problems. So it is a "computer mystery" - one of many in this world. Now that I'm aware that I've lost saved cookies I will try to watch it and see if I can pinpoint what is happening. If I find the reason it's happening, I will post back to this forum to let you know.

 

Donna

[Does updating the CC verision wipe out saved cookies in the older version?]

No I don't use CCleaner.ini either. It doesn't really made much difference. If you use the registry by default then the info is saved to the registry. If you use Save all settings to INI file in Options\Advanced then it saves them to CCleaner.ini and removes all settings from the registry and visa versa. The slight advantage is you can save the CCleaner.ini to a floppy if you have one or flash drive. If you reinstall on another computer then you just put back CCleaner.ini in the CCleaner folder.

 

I think CCleaner looks for CCleaner.ini when it starts up. If its there then it uses the settings in there. If it isn't then it uses the registry. I save my registry settings to a reg file.

 

I still don't think this is going to help flydonna where the settings are saved.

 

 

I didn't have an ini file but after reading what you have all said, I created one and will try that. You also mentioned that the "registry" would have the entries. I'm wondering if RegCure (my registry cleaner) is deleting the entries from the registry. I didn't know for a long time that CCleaner always had a registry cleaner, but RegCure finds a lot more entries to delete so I've kept using it.

[Does updating the CC verision wipe out saved cookies in the older version?]

HI DAVEY

 

Did you lose the Cookies from your cookies folder or from CCleaner list of Cookies to save.

YES I LOST THEM FROM THE SAVED LIST.

 

If you install the new copy of CCleaner over the old copy then your original CCleaner.ini file will remain.

I'VE ALWAYS INSTALLED THE NEW VERSION OVER THE TOP OF THE OLD VERSION SO SOMEHOW IT'S NOT BEING SAVED.

 

Keep a backup copy for this reason.

THANKS FOR THE FILE NAME THAT I SHOULD SAVE. THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE A TON OF SAVED COOKIES, BUT HAVING A FILE FOR THEM WILL SAVE TIME.

 

THANKS FOR THE INFO - I'LL TRY IT.

 

(SORRY FOR "SCREAMING" - ALL CAPS - BUT I WAS TRYING TO DISTENQUISH MY ANSWER FROM YOUR COMMENTS.)

[Does updating the CC verision wipe out saved cookies in the older version?]

Welcome to Piriforum flydonna.

 

I've used about 10 different versions of CCleaner and it only deletes to ones I don't save in the Cookies to Save listbox, I save about 80 regular cookies. Are you adding your cookies to the Cookies to Save listbox?

 

 

 

Yes I am saving the cookies, that's why I'm so confused as to why they are all of sudden being deleted. Could it be because this is VISTA? I never had problems on XP. Is there a way to save them to a file so that I could at least reinstate them by copying the file into the newer version?

[Does updating the CC verision wipe out saved cookies in the older version?]

I keep losing the "saved cookies". Is this because I've downloaded and installed a newer version of CCleaner? How can I avoid losing them? Not much point in saving them if they have to be resaved every time a change is made to the version.