[System Restore Entries Lost]

Once gone, unless you have some separate background image backup program running, you won't get those restore points back. On boot Windows may delete several restore points itself, depending on the space allocated, particularly after it has written a new full System Checkpoint .

 

Maybe using the Registry Cleaner, particularly if rarely or never done before, might have caused this. But even if it did and you'd made the pre-registry cleaner backup I'm fairly sure restoring that to the registry isn't going to reinstate the restore points.

 

If this is the case it isn't really a fault either. With certain registry entries gone some restore points might have become redundant and Windows may have automatically deleted them.

 

Personally, assuming everything seems to be working OK, I create at least one new Restore Point myself every week and before updating or installing any new software. I use the CCleaner Registry Cleaner monthly, always making the prompted backup before 'Fixing' anything. In 4 years using CCleaner I've not had any problem caused by using this regime.      

 

 

 

       

[CCleaner v5.00.5050 looks like ****]

I'll admit first I'm a 'free' user of CCleaner but have done my bit over the years on the many forums I'm subscribed to recommending it as an essential maintenance tool for those of any level of PC experience.

 

All users have a right to comment on how CCleaner looks it is up to Piriform to decided whether to take any notice of them whether enthusiastic about the new GUI or not.

 

The fact is I've newly register on this forum primarily so I can express my instant almost total dislike of the new CCleaner v5 GUI. I've put up with others of my favourite programs going down this awful chunky, touch-screen friendly redesign but enough is enough. Who on earth thought this crude looking thing was a good idea? It looks more like a GUI you'd have expected for a program running on Windows '95 not any 21st Century OS.

 

Only aspect I do quite like is the emboldened fonts used in some places but the rest......send v5 back to the drawing board of the designer who created it with a C minus on their report card. 

 

I've unistalled the update and gone back to the previous version.