Willy2
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I don't use Facebook but perhaps I can offer some help. Something similar happens when I wipe all the cookies from my harddisk. Then I have to log in again on the websites and forums I regularly visit, like e.g. the Piriform forum. So, it looks like that Facebook login information is stored in a cookie.
And that's why CC is such a wonderful tool, it allows the user to select which cookies are to be preserved.
If you're using Facebook then I think you should visit the webpage below:
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I discovered something odd. The user can select an option called ""Show initial results in detailed view"" (""Options"", ""Advanced""). For me it's a mystery what this option does. I ticked and unticked that box but I didn't see any change in the behaviour of CC v2.31. I read the online documentation but it didn't provide a clue either.
It seems this option has become obsolete because the user already can view the details of the files to be wiped by clicking on a category. So, it seems this option can be removed in the next version of CC.
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As a result of a discussion in another thread a new suggestion surfaced. CC is able to delete every System Restore Point (SRP) except for the newest one. I would suggest that CC shows the size of each SRP, as well. That would help the user to make a decision whether he/she wants to get rid of that particular SRP.
Perhaps CC should allow the user to remove the oldest SRP only ? (when it's not the only remaining SRP.)
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I haven't a clue. I didn't pay that much attention on my old XP. On this Vista unit it did use about 21.7 GB (15% of C partition) for 20 or so points. Now far fewer points, close to half, will occupy that space.
I checked today and I have two System Restore Points (Windows XP). One occupies 54 Mb and the second is 175 Mb in size. I used a special explorer program (ExplorerXP) to see how much diskspace these points occupy.
As a result of this discussion in this thread a suggestion surfaced.
Perhaps CC could show the amount of diskspace each System Restore Point occupies as well. I think that would be most helpful.
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Juds,
1. Download and run the program called Treesize Free (Jam Software), it reveals how much space is occupied by which folder on your disk/drives.
2. Reduce the amount of space available for System Restore in Windows or switch it off for all drives.
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That information helps. There's no ""lang-1033.dll"" file. So, then you can delete the entire ""lang"" folder, as Jamin4U has said. Because the english text is already embedded in CC.
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Nancy,
Select ""Options"", ""Advanced"" and there's a box called ""Save settings to INI file"". When ticked/selected the CC settings are saved to a file called ""ccleaner.ini"" in the application folder. There you'll find that line when you have changed the language at least once.
The default setting is English and therefore there seems to be no *.dll file for the english language. It's already in the program itself.
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Stephan B,
If I don't recognize the name of the cookie and/or the website then I always remove it from the list of cookies that I want to be preserved. It's also a matter of trial and error.
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Nancy,
If you store all CC settings in the file called ""ccleaner.ini"" and you have changed the language at least once then there's an entry/line called ""Language="" (open this file with e.g. Notepad) followed by a number. You can delete every *.dll file that doesn't contain that particular number. So, for the dutch language version (""Language=1043"") I can delete all *.dll files except for ""Lang-1043.dll"" which contains the dutch translation strings.
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Olli_S,
When CC wipes one or more files, those files are always listed before wiping. But information to be wiped from the registry isn't listed at all. Nergal's info (see above) indicates that MS Office stores nearly all file info in the registry.
If Office still ""remembers"" those previous used files then I would suggest to customize that ""Winapp2.ini"" entry in such a way that it does remove Office 2000 related entries from the registry as well. Find the %appdata% folder for Office 2000 and see what's hiding over there. To see what folders there are you need a special explorer e.g. ExplorerXP. If you know how to use a registry editor you can search the registry for Office 2000 entries. Nergal has provided enough clues what to look for.
If you have managed to write such an entry and if it's different from Nergal's info, post it here on the forum. It certainly will help other Office 2000 users as well
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Augeas,
I think that the internal defrag operation which takes place every three days (Windows XP) uses the MRU (Most Recent Used) lists in the registry and perhaps information from the ""recent"" folder as well to re-build or to add information to ""Layout.ini"". In the registry Windows XP keeps track which folders and/or files the user has opened.
See e.g. my last post in this thread
http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=27868
So, wiping the 1) prefetch folder, 2) MRU lists in the registry, 3) ""Recent opened"" folder regurlarly does prevent ""Layout.ini"" from filling with obsolete info and that speeds up the internal defrag process. Because then it contains less information that needs to be processed.
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Olli_S,
Go to the CC main screen and click on ""Applications"" to open that pane. Did CC recognize that you're using e.g. MS Word, MS Office or MS Works. Then there should be a box called ""Office ....."" that can be ticked.
Did you tick that particular box ? Doing so makes CC remove a lot of MS Word/MS Office/MS Works/...... related information from both the harddisk and the registry.
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Lukefangbing,
""Wipe Free Space"" only overwrites all free space but it doesn't free up any diskspace. However, perhaps one or more System Restore Point(s) were wiped/deleted (by Windows !!!) and that can free up a lot of diskspace. On my computer (Windows XP) such a System Restore Point can occupy anything between 30 and 80 Mb of diskspace.
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I have a suggestion to help all CC users who are using ""Winapp2.ini"". Start a new thread/subforum/section on the CCleaner forum where the users can post their newly created information/entries for ""Winapp2.ini"" and/or ""Winsys2.ini"'. This would benefit all CC users.
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Arturo63,
Precisely, when you're using that program every two weeks then every time Windows will add that particular entry to registry again and again. The advantage of installing that program on your harddisk is that it works faster. It then no longer is forced to access the removable disk for information and that process is comparatively/very slow.
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Arturo63,
Nothing will happen when you delete those entries from the registry using CC. When those filetypes are listed in the registry then it means somewhere in the past you have used those filetypes in a program or a program you used can handle those filetypes.
I think you have chosen the wrong place to post your question, because this is not bug in CC.
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Smcpoland,
I don't quite understand what you mean but perhaps I can offer some help. It seems I had the same problem. If Defraggler covers the whole screen then do the following. Drag Defraggler a bit down and a bit to the left. And then you can resize the Defraggler window very easily.
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With some digging in the registry I found out how the CC option ""Recent documents"" works.
Windows XP (Home SP 3) maintains and updates a number of lists in the registry:
1. All recently (i.e. the last 100 (???)) opened files.
2. An extra set of lists which contain recently opened files sorted by extension. For every extension (e.g. *.jpg, *.bmp, *.mp3) and for every recently opened folder as well, there's a separate list containing max. 8 (???) entries, each.
When the user has selected ""Recent Documents"" then those two lists in the registry are completely removed from the registry. But for me it's not quite clear how that affects the ""memory"" of program and/or Windows.
I would suggest you un-tick ""Recent documents"" but use ""Include"" and/or ""Exclude"" instead in combination with ticking the ""MS Office"" box in the ""Application"" pane. It's my experience that this combination works well.
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Mistress,
If the user deletes, say 5 files (i.e. move them to the recycle bin) then two things happen (in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7):
1. Those 5 files are moved to the special ""recycle bin"" folder.
2. These 5 files are renamed. How they are renamed depends on the type of Operating System.
CC knows that the filenames in the recycle bin folder are not the original filenames. That's why CC, after analyzing, in stead of listing all the names of the files in the recycle bin, simply states:
""System - Empty recycle bin ..... Kb 5 files""
And it seems that those recycle bin filenames are displayed one by one very briefly during deletion. So, if CC gets stuck deleting that recycle bin file, the filename of the file from the recycle bin that causes CC to get stuck, shows up.
In this particular case my advice would be this: Open the recycle bin, try to move that ""*.wmv"" file (look at the file extension in the picture in post #2) back to where it came from, delete it again and run CC again. Perhaps then that file can deleted without any problem. Or try the suggestions from post #3.
By discussion this problem in this thread we have brought this particular problem to the attention of de developers of CC. Perhaps they know they a solution.
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Wrong. The files are renamed. However, to see that you must be using another explorer as Windows Explorer.
If in Vista or Windows 7 ALL deleted files in the recycle bin are renamed then the question becomes: do all renamed files in the recycle bin begin with a ""$"" sign ?? If so, then I am not able to help ""Mistress"" any further.
P.S. : It was Piriform's Defraggler that gave me the first hint that the deleted files are renamed. Defraggler does have some hidden virtues, which I DO appreciate.
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The problem ""Mistress"" brought to the attention of the readers of this thread is NOT the result of a bug in CC v2.30 and/or v2.31 ONLY (!!!). It's the result of the changes Microsoft has made in the Operating System concerning the deletion of files, as well. In that regard, there seems to be a significant difference between Windows XP on the one hand and Vista and Windows 7 on the other hand.
I think, I know now why CC gets stuck when it tries to clean the recycle bin in Vista and Windows 7 and it encounters a file with a fliename beginning with the character ""$"".
In Windows XP, when the user deletes a file (i.e. move it to the recycle bin) Windows - internally - renames the file and changes - at least - the first character. But for the user, when opening the recycle bin, it looks like the deleted file still has its old name. The original name is stored in a file called ""INFO..."".
But the internal renaming of files doesn´t seem to happen in Vista or Windows 7. It seems there the original filename is retained. Then the user runs the risk of CC getting stuck when cleaning the recycle bin and it comes across this particular type of filename, as mentioned above.
Can anyone reading this thread with Windows 7 or Vista installed confirm this story ??
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Gabby Jim,
There's a different reason why MS Word doesn't remember the recently opened documents. CC automatically detects that a number of applications are installed and then those applications (e.g. MS Office) show up in the ""Application"" pane in the main screen. Ticking a box there makes CC clean a number of folders and/or sections of the registry related to MS Word/MS Office only. And that's the reason why MS Word's ""Recent Documents"" is wiped as well.
I know the same happens with Real Player SP. When Real Player opens e.g. a *.mp3 file, it stores a shortcut in a special Real Player folder but a shortcut is placed in the general ""recent"" folder as well.
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Punisher2010,
It seems the polish translator has forgotten to provide a translation for that english text. CC can't find the appropriate polish text and then CC uses the english text string instead. Because e.g. in the dutch version this text is correctly ""translated"".
http://img707.images...schowek03c.jpg/
It's not clear where you took the following screenshot
(http://img718.images...chowek01in.jpg/)
This could be another ""translation"" ommision made by the polish translator. So, I would advise you to find out who translated the strings for the polish version and send him a PM to tell him what can be improved in the polish translation.
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Oops, I didn't expect to get a reply so soon. (I rewrote post #3). To me, the heart of the matter is that file starting with a ""$"".
Obsolete option in CC ?
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Let's assume the user has selected the detailed view. If the user then clicks on ""View results summary"" then every time after the user hits ""Analyze"" again, CC only shows the summary, not the detailed view any more.
When the User wants to see the details again, then he/she must click on a category to see the details. After that, every time the user clicks on ""Analyze"" CC shows the detailed view again.
I personally would expect (and prefer) CC to check this option every time the user hits ""Analyze"" and depending on this option CC should show the summary or all the details.