LedAstray

Use Delete FXP Files. It will delete anything you can throw at it regardless whether the file is locked or being used by another application or process. And that's in normal Windows mode. I never heard of ztf88z2.dll and that fact that you said it recreates itself on startup in Local Settings/Temp is very curious. You may want to use a combinaton of Filemon, Process Explorer, Regmon - all by Sysinternals - and Dependency Walker - to trace the dll to the executable and process that use it.

Would it be possible to create a version of CCleaner that only has Cleaner part, and does not include the other parts: Issues (registry integrity & file integrity), Tools (uninstall and startup), but leave most everything alone in the Options part. I use my own utilities that have been tried and true for many years to clean my registry and manage my system, among other things, of which the CCleaner registry and file integrity scan and repair cannot compare. So I really never use those features of the program. Also, how about adding to the Secure File Deletion (in the Options/Settings part) the Gutmann method of 35 passes. I know it sounds a bit extreme but it always good to have just in case. And I'm paranoid anyway. I noticed that two new versions of CCleaner are now available: "Basic" (no Yahoo toolbar) and "Slim" (no toolbar-English only). It lost alot of weight! From 1,459KB to 440KB. So how about a "Lean" version? Thank you.

It was a Windows XP issue that had nothing to do with CCleaner. I was trying to prevent Windows Messenger from mysteriously starting up automaticaly when I started Outlook. I had stopped and disabled the thing, but it still kept starting up plus slowing things down! It was driving me crazy! Then I found out it was still in the IE toolbars and had to go in the registry take it out of the toolbar, plus I had to uncheck instant messenger protection in Norton Internet Security 2005. To make a long story short, in the process of doing all that work, my toolbar settings got all out of whack when I restarted. And naturally I assumed it was CCleaner because I always do a clean before I shut down or restart. But once I finished the work and cleaned the registry, I got a good clean restart with my saved setings intact. So everything worked out beautifully. Sorry I accused you CCleaner!

No worries. I found out how to fix the problem. It had nothing to do with CCleaner but rather a WinXP issue. Thanks anyway.

Hi everyone. I like to have my IE toolbar icons (view/toolbars/customize) set to: Text options-No text labels Icon options-Small icons. However, after I use CCleaner and then restart the computer, I go into IE and discover that the IE toolbar icons have been changed to the default IE settings of: Text options-Selective Text On Right (but the small icons part remains the same). How can I get CCleaner to stop doing this to Internet Explorer? It's tiresome to have to repeatedly go back and change the settings to the way I like it. The CCleaner options for Internet Explorer I have checked are: Temporary Internet Files, Cookies, History, Recently Typed URL's, and Delete Index.dat files (I suspect this is the culprit) and Autocomplete Forms History. If anyone can shed light on this, I sure would appreciate it. Cheers.