Glenn

This? For me, that list is stored in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Contact|QuickFindMRU which is cleaned by the standard Outlook entry available in winapp2.ini I don't even have the registry key mentioned in the Microsoft article you quote. That article is about clearing the Open Other Users Folder Most Recently Used List which seems to be something completely different. However, if that's the key you want to clean, you could just add it using a custom winapp2.ini entry.

The problem with that is there's nothing in the .reg file until after you Fix the issues. If you absolutely need to know you have a backup, use ERUNT or the like.

I caused some Issues to be created and then ran Scan for issues. It identified 16. I normally don't back up but did this time. It creates a 1KB (42 byte) .reg file just as you said. When I actually Fix the issues, the size of the .reg file increases to 31KB and seems to contain all 16 entries.

If you mean the autocomplete drop down list of recent e-mail addresses, that's in the Outlook.NK2 file not an MRU. Cleaning of that file was just added to the winapp2.ini file last month.

Do you mean the Security Center - Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall and Internet Options?

For any computer that may have to connect to more than one wireless access point, you are best off creating a profile for each location with the appropriate settings, e.g., SSID, encryption type and key, etc. Then one click and you're connected. For the access point, you have to consider the client with the lowest encryption capability.

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Also, in Display Properties > Screensaver, either set Screen saver to (None) or clear "On resume, display Welcome screen".

What type and size of drive? What type of connection (USB, FireWire, ethernet)? Are you using the external drive just as another drive or are you using any special applications, e.g., a back-up and recovery utility to store data to that drive? EDIT: What OS are you using, and are you using NTFS or FAT32 on the external drive?

Check to see if you have the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OpenOffice.org\OpenOffice.org\2.1 That's the "detect" key that causes CC to list OO in the Application list.

No. The drive size is marketed based on a nominal 1GB = 1,000 x 1,000, x 1,000 = 1,000,000,000 Bytes. Your OS calculates using 1,024 x 1,024 x 1,024 = 1,073,741,824 Bytes. 160GB (marketed) divided by 1.073741824 = 149GB (real)

If you use the drive only on PCs running newer OSs, it doesn't much matter except that NTFS allows larger file sizes (this is probably only an issue with long HD videos). If you need to transfer files to PCs running older OSs, you may have to stay with FAT32.

You didn't do anything wrong. CCleaner seems to have problems detecting cookies which existed before CCleaner was installed or upversioned. When you visit a site that changes/replaces the cookie (some sites do this every visit, others if you change a page setting, others never) it's treated as a new cookie and detected. You may have to manually delete some old cookies that remain undetected.

Unless you have an OS mounted on your external drive, most of the things CCleaner cleans won't be on it.

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That would probably do it. The "2.1" probably wound up in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SoftwareOpenOffice.org\OpenOffice.org\.

Unless the subkey is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OpenOffice.org\OpenOffice.org\2.1, it is the problem. CCleaner only checks that location to detect if OO2.1 is installed. If it's installed so that the key is elsewhere, you can: 1. uninstall and reinstall OO2.1 in the default location (if that was the cause of the mislocated registry key); or 2. write a winapp2.ini entry that duplicates the standard winapp.ini entry except for the "DETECT" line; or 3. edit the winapp.ini entry (although technically possible, I strongly urge against this since you would have to remember to edit it every time you upversion CCleaner).

It may not be completely missing ... it's possible that it's in a slightly different path. When you installed OO2.1, it should have offered a default folder path to which it would install. Is it possible you overrode that? Try searching for just "OpenOffice" (without the quotation marks). You'll probably find lots of entries but see if one in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE or in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software has the "2.1" subkey.

It's a trick but well done. Letting the wires loop off screen in the light bulb demo will incite critics to claim there's a battery off screen, then they pull the loops into view near the end of the demo with the motor (the battery for that is probably in the pad it sits upon). Brilliant! There is a way to generate electricity with a candle but the ends of the wires have to be heated by the flame ... and the voltage and current will barely register on a meter.

The "detect" key that causes CCleaner to list OpenOffice 2.1 is HKLM\SOFTWARE\OpenOffice.org\OpenOffice.org\2.1 Check your registry to see if it's there.

It's an old idea but the longstanding problem is that, except for extremely low power devices, if the energy flux (typically measured in watts per square metre) is high enough for a reasonably sized receiving antenna, anything between the transmitter and the receiver gets fried. Transponders (e.g., RFID tags) seem to be the practical limit.

... or like Restoration (by Brian Kato), include the file shredder with the recovery app in Recuva.

You've probably tried this already but, if not ... Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Device Manager > DVD/CD-ROM drives (right-click for context menu) > Scan for hardware changes Sorry, after that, I'm out of ideas.

I used CleanCache before CCleaner. The only thing that I think it does better is keeping cookies. It can handle cookies that toggle between version numbers, e.g., [1] to [2], when you change webpage settings, and you can elect to protect all cookies related to Favorites. It cleans only a very limited number of programs. In order to clean more, you have to develop "Additives" (equivalent to CCleaner's Custom Files and winapp2.ini entries) but, because its ability to clean registry entries is very limited, there are some programs for which an Additive simply can't be developed. I think it's been abandoned. The last update was August 2006 and even before that, there were long periods of inactivity.

A minor point but shouldn't the entries be renamed Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Shockwave Player rather than "Macromedia"?