Andavari
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Here's a 40 so you can chill!
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You wouldn't have by chance did the unthinkable (as some other users have) and placed programs and/or important files in a Temp folder? CCleaner and many other cleaning apps will delete the contents of Temp folders because that's where junk files are supposed to reside.
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CCleaner won't remove some stuff if it isn't located in the default locations where they're expected and supposed to be. This isn't a fault or a bug of CCleaner.
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Good to hear you figured it out!
Nah, your thread should stay until the next round of maintenance because someone else on the web may actually find the info useful if they face a similiar situation.
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That's pretty interesting!
How on Earth did you ever think of such a thing?
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So my question is, why are some programs deleted when I uninstall them, and others aren't. I wanted to reinstall MSAnti so I opened that folder in Program Files.
What, Huh? Your question originally had me confused and still does!
I'll try to explain anyways:
When you uninstall a program it's executable files (.exe, .dll, .ocx) shouldn't still be in the Program Files folder, they should have been deleted with the uninstall, the only remaining files should be what DJLizard already explained.
Now if you're talking instead about the originally downloaded file, e.g.; some_app_v12-setup.exe it will still be available for installation/re-installation in your Downloads folder.
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Well, you'd better enjoy him while he's still here, cause if he keeps making nasty remarks about my Yugo, you may never hear from him again!
Bwa-ha-ha!!!
I betta go hide, he's trippin' and is gonna go OG on me!
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Could the problem be yet another registry permissions problem?
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Hello and welcome to the forums DinoC.
IE7 will be supported in the next version of CCleaner which is v1.29, it was announced here.
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ah, cheers! I like all my (running program) icons to show, so I'll leave it unchecked!
The default Windows setting is to 'Hide when inactive', also running the TNC will remove the icons of old software you removed ages ago. I guess I'm a stickler on that issue of any remnants remaining after removing software, even if it's only remnants are in Customize Notifications.
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I personally have been using CCleaner for a long time (way before I ever joined this forum) and I have yet to have an Issues scan remove anything necessary or useful from my registry.
Well unfortunately back in Feb 2006 CC did remove three registry references "Active/X" to three Windows updates that I had just installed, which was an easy fix as I just downloaded the installers and reinstalled them.
Also as I've mentioned in another thread before when using other WinXP profiles the Issues portion wants to remove a handful of valid Start Menu shortcuts, however that has nothing to do with the registry itself. Therefore the registry cleaning isn't "error proof," however it is still the safest registry cleaner I know of even though it doesn't have an exclusion feature.
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ok, hard to follow. Mike Rochip is a guy or girl?
What parent on Earth would name a girl Mike?
Mike is a guy! He's typically our comic relief on the forums, especially when he make fun of Lokoike's Yugo!
Couldn't resist bringing up the Yugo.
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I'm way behind in computer savvy so maybe I'm missing something, but I don't get what you wrote at all. They're both Microsoft, both relatively new, and both beta versions - what leads you to believe MS Anti won't have continued support or be up to date? Unless they developed Defender to replace MS Anti
Windows Defender is the replacement for Microsoft AntiSpyware.
btw, if I uninstall a program using the Add/Remove Programs function, shouldn't the program still be on my computer? In the same folder in Program Files?
Huh? If the program uninstalls properly it should remove all traces of itself, however in reality that rarely happens. Neither Windows Defender nor Microsoft AntiSpyware remove everything they place on the system, they both leave stuff behind as files on the hard disk, and data in the registry, which is the reason to use something like Total Uninstall (Last Free Version) to track all installations so that they can easily be removed without having to manually hunt down loads of crap.
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out of interest, what is the Tray Notifications Cache (TNC)?
It's what displays icons as either 'Always Show', 'Always Hide', or 'Hide when inactive' in the Systray next to the clock in WinXP based upon your preferences.
To see what's in yours:
1. Right click the Task Bar then click Properties.
2. Click Customize at the bottom right.
That's what CCleaner can cleanup if you use the Tray Notifications Cache, however you must restart Windows after using that feature.
3. After Windows starts and you use a few programs that use the Systray then open up the Customize Notifications via the instructions in #1 and #2 to customize how icons will display next to the clock.
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Well with MRU-Blaster it could be related to having SP2, because when SP2 was released it could no longer clean the Custom Notifications icons (called Tray Notifications Cache in CCleaner) any longer.
Just tested CCleaner and it doesn't clean my Run box either, however for me it doesn't really matter because I had MS Tweak UI config Windows to do it all on it's own when I log off or restart.
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My take on it is this, right or wrong:
- MS AntiSpyware = Giant AntiSpyware, otherwise a re-branded commercial app with nothing more than re-branding to say Microsoft in the app, hence the reason it had so many tools in it, albeit some needed better explainations of exactly what they were.
- Windows Defender = obviously made to be more user friendly for all Windows users with no hints of it being anything like MS AntiSpyware, hence all those nifty tools are gone.
I don't even see them as the same application, or progression of MS AntiSpyware to Windows Defender, they're completely different animals altogether in my views. Now rather or not they have any of the same code in them I don't know.
I would image for an anti-malware app you'd probably be better off with Windows Defender, hence it's more up-to-date, and will have continued support and so forth.
- MS AntiSpyware = Giant AntiSpyware, otherwise a re-branded commercial app with nothing more than re-branding to say Microsoft in the app, hence the reason it had so many tools in it, albeit some needed better explainations of exactly what they were.
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HEY! You're talkin' to a lady bro!
Krit I mean. I'm only ladylike.
Please go back in the closet on that one! And lock the door! 
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Word life, keep rollin' on wit the ebonics!
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Well with all the problems your laptop is experiencing from what you've stated in other threads, I'd say it's time to start saving some money back each week until you can afford a brand new one that isn't broken from the get go. If I'm wrong in those statements please ignore them.
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That "0 bytes to be removed." is very confusing...
Yeah someone reported a while back about filesize not matching between Analyze and Run Cleaner. I personally just click Run Cleaner and don't use Analyze.
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Last virus scan was at 160,000 files. Is that more than we need?
Not if you have a use for the files! I'm pretty close to having that amount of files, and probably will very shortly.
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If you have a system restore point when everything worked you may want to give that a try.
You may need to get an official firmware update from the manufacturer website. Just don't download any firmware updates from any third-parties as they're known to destroy drives.
If you're using a particular CD/DVD burning software that is doing it perhaps it needs updated to resolve bugs, or replaced altogether.
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Update the Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime Files on your system, and restart your computer after installing it regardless of your OS version.
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I think that PC repair shop was blowing smoke up your backside, or perhaps they have another motive by not telling people to use known good trustworthy apps because holy s**t - an end user may actually be able fix something all on their own. Although with that said there are some registry cleaners that need a large ignore list so as to not remove valid stuff, and one registry cleaner to currently avoid like the plague is the one at Microsoft Windows Live Safety Center Beta because it detects a horde of valid registry, or lists data that can't be easily verified if it's invalid or valid.
Please go back in the closet on that one! And lock the door! 
Lokoike
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If you're gonna use C4 on anything use it on whatever is making the forums run so slow.
It took over one hour for it to allow an edit of my previous post just to add one freakin' letter "a", so it would read as "Here's a 40 so you can chill!" versus "Here's 40 so you can chill!"
Talk about frustrating!