[CCleaner freeware]

With Internet Explorer that would be the index.dat files, they'll grow unless you use CCleaner to delete them on the next system startup. As for what Norton Clean Sweep cleans I don't know, hence I've never used it, however with most cleaning programs one may find some junk another doesn't, which is the reason to use several freeware ones, the same goes for registry cleaners. However CCleaner is safe -- not every cleaning program has that status.

 

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Thank you. I did notice the last time I used CC that it appreared to change the Registry settings (if that's the right term) and had to reboot to, as it were, update. Does this make sense?

[CCleaner freeware]

Installing Microsoft update patches, software installations, software uninstalls, etc., will add up to allot of junk files in the temp folders.

 

As Gwailo already stated the browser cache can add to allot of the MB size of what will be removed, even for dial-up users.

 

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Thank you both. So, although, say, I've cleaned with IE6 tools and Norton Clean Sweep it's still likely that CCleaner would find a big chunk? And it's quite safe to delete it?

[CCleaner freeware]

Hello, I use several 'cleaners' and CCleaner always comes up with a much larger amount to clean than the others. Being a techie dummy it frightens me when it produces, as it just has, 251.8MB after I've used the other cleaners. Can someone please explain why/how it manages to do this and whether I should just get rid of the whole lot. I mean, I can't recognise/don't understand most of the details it comes up with.

 

Many thanks

 

Neil C