Apparently, this ONE file is excluded from deletion, whether you ARE able (I am NOT) to click the box, or not.
My point was to warn of the danger of this file being deleted, and the consequences of this. I did not, know, at the time of posting, whether CCleaner had any protection installed, for XP, and this necessary file. It does !
My concerns had been fueled by the behavior of another product(CleanUP!), which will remove that file, and cause loss of functionality, in XP. Yes, 'Index.dat' files MAY be excluded, easily, from CleanUP!... but, if run, as-is, and without version-specific warnings, for XP, that file is TOAST ! Granted, these are not often-used utility functions, and, to their credit, the design team did not, at the time of writing the code, know of the potential for this problem. They do NOW (LOL), yet they still refuse to issue version-specific warnings, for this product !
I see new victims... er.. users, with this problem, almost daily...
I have, since posting THAT, found another issue, involving a setting, in CCleaner, which causes problems with MacroMedia FlashPlayer (version 8). This is due to a change made in FlashPlayer, and is NOT the fault of CCleaner.
I shall look about, and see if there is a post for this, and if not, I'll start one.