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I found the same problem with Opera and the new Flash Player in the Adobe Flash Player forum. Since I do not know Opera, I've sent some of the affected users to the Opera forum. I think you may find some topics over there.

Both Flash / Flash Player & Shockwave / Shockwave Player were developed by Macromedia, and they have named it that way.

Did you uninstall your old Flash Player before installing 10.1? If not, download the uninstaller from http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/141/tn_14157.html, then run it while no browsers are running. Next reinstall it; download it from this page http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html - again make sure that no browser is running. Flash Player 10.1.53.64 works perfectly fine on my Windows 2000 machine.

I also like the "for advanced users only" suggestion! Regarding backups; many programs take a System Restore Point before proceeding, e.g. before installing an update. If CCleaner would take a System Restore point before running the registry cleaner, that would be 100% safe. (Some users run the registry cleaner repeatedly, so only the the first time a backup should be taken.)

Direct link to the Adobe forum post http://forums.adobe.com/message/2880171#2880171

I have used CCleaner for many years, and it keeps my computer clear of unneeded cr*p (that is what the first 'C' stands for). My recommendation: use it, but continue to use scandisk and defrag. Not necessarily, but it will most likely make defragmentation faster. CCleaner has several functions; I recommend that you use the 'Cleaner' function, but not the 'Registry' function - at least until become more used to the program. Before you run the Cleaner for the first time, go to 'Options', then 'Cookies'. In there you will get a list of cookies that CCleaner will delete. Here you can select the cookies you want to keep (e.g. login cookies), and the ones that can be discarded. Move the ones to be discarded to the right side of the panel. If you don't want to do this right away, go back to the Cleaner panel, and uncheck 'Cookies' from Internet Explorer (Windows tab) and any other web browsers you may use (Applications tab). I'm a much older dog than you (2 years!), and I'm never afraid to learn new tricks

Can I simply replace an installed version of CCleaner with a portable one (without an .ini file)?

There are also quite a few new features in Flash Player 10.1 - see http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/features/ Naturally there are probably also quite a few bugs, since they had to suddenly turn RC7 into the official release, due to the vulnerability in FP 10.

Some people are obsessed with registry cleaning; some people (like me) simply don't believe in registry cleaning doing anything useful. If you don't have any problems with your computer, there is no need to mess with the registry. Removing useless registry entries will not do anything to improve your computer. Removing one wrong registry entry may make your computer completely useless. If you want to try the registry cleaning section of CCleaner, I recommend to make a full registry backup (ERUNT) or System Restore Point first. Registry cleaning is always a controversial subject, but I have to say that CCleaner in this respect is one of the safest there is.

Thanks - I'm looking forward to that!

Just to clarify, what I wrote above is for the 'Cleaner' section of CCleaner. If you go to the 'Tools' section, there indeed you can uninstall applications. This can be useful for applications that cannot be uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs. I recommend that you only use the 'Cleaner' function (and Options|Cookies configuration) until you are more familiar with CCleaner.

Welcome to the CCleaner Forum. It's a good policy to ask first, before pressing any buttons you don't know what they do. A question: do you have the latest CCleaner 2.32.1165 ? If so, run Analyze, then when you see the results, you can right-click on each line and select 'View detailed results'. This will show you exactly what will be removed. It is never the application itself; it is usually temporary files that are no longer required. But you can tailor some of the applications (using the 'Applications' tab), so that you select what will be removed. For instance web browsers, you can select (or deselect) Cookies, Internet History, etc. Especially when it comes to cookies, you may want to keep certain cookies, e.g. login cookies. Go to Options | Cookies, and you can select which cookies you want to keep (on the left side), and which ones to delete (on the right side). This configuration usually only needs to be done once, so that login cookies you want to keep will never be deleted. Feel free to ask if anything is not clear, or if you have further questions.

Some corrections and observations: ERUNT is a registry backup/restore tool. NTREGOPT is the registry contents optimizer (by the same developer). There are also various tools that compact the registry, which at the end may have adverse effects on the performance. Defragmenting the registry hives/files is a good thing, and is probably already done by Defraggler.

Most likely you also got updated virus definitions from your AV provider at the same time, with the false positive removed.

I have seen several such complaints on the Adobe Flash Player forum. Interestingly it is mostly users with high-spec computers. I have several old machines, some even with Windows 2000, and all perform well with FP 10.1 Some suggestions when experiencing performance problems with Flash Player: clear the Flash Player cache (with CCleaner, of course); check for updated graphics card drivers; disable hardware acceleration in the Flash Player Settings; check storage settings in the Global Flash Player Setting Manager; Flash Player Settings Managers are activated by right-clicking on any online Flash object.

There are also direct downloads on the Adobe site Internet Explorer ActiveX: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_ax.exe Other browsers plugin: http://fpdownload.adobe.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player.exe

Very complicated instructions you all found! The easiest way to restore / reset a file association is with the ASSOC command. For example, to restore the .exe file association you open a command prompt, then enter assoc .exe=exefile Very simple, and it doesn't need any manual fiddling with the registry.

See also this topic.

Adobe Flash Player 10.1.53.64 is now available. Most of you may have noticed the security alerts over the last few days concerning PDF files with Flash content. Adobe has now released the long awaited Flash Player 10.1, which fixes the vulnerability. Download (for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris) http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ It is recommended to uninstall all previous Flash Player versions (download uninstaller). All browser windows should be closed when the uninstaller runs. Make sure to uncheck any unwanted software offers during the installation. Security bulletin: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html Executable / offline installers: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/fp_distribution3.html P.S. Flash Player can currently only be installed and run on 32-bit browsers.

I wonder what caused this - I have never heard of such a thing before. Anyway, the easiest to get all your functionality back is to use System Restore, and set it back to a date before the whole thing started. I hope you do have a good system restore point!

You may be using IE-Tab on Firefox? Right-click on the IE results, then you can see the details of what exactly has been deleted.

CCleaner has a registry cleaner section, and anything that is not found by this tool is best left alone. Norton/Symantec installations are notoriously difficult to remove, even with their own removal tool. I don't think it can be CCleaner's job to clean up incomplete uninstallations, further than what the registry cleaner already does. I agree that your suggestion would be helpful for that particular task, but I also think it is too dangerous in the hands of less experienced users than you.

CCleaner is a free program; if you purchased it, you have been ripped off by someone!

What version of Internet Explorer do you use? How long does it take if you clear the browser cache from within Internet Explorer (or Control Panel's Internet Options)? P.S. what is your CCleaner version?

Basically you can only change the language interface if you have the MUI version of Windows XP. (Some of the Windows 7 versions are automatically installed as MUI, but not Windows XP.)