Beginner's question on basic cleaning

CCleaner for Windows
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Have been wanting to download and use this for months, as it gets super reviews from those I trust. So, after installing and running 'Analyze' I get the 'results' display and before I CLEAN/DELETE selected files I notice that there are several program files that I think I need (like Microsoft Office and some Media utilities I use); I'm hesitant to go ahead and 'delete' when I want those programs ! What I cannot tell is if the program is just going to delete unneeded files related to these otherwise useful programs, or, if it is going to delete the whole program, which would NOT be cool. I tried to find a 'Deselect' option and keep those out of the operations, but I cannot find such an option. I really need some guidance on this as I'm afraid to operated this utility because I get stuck like this. Thanks so much

Robbmann

Massachusetts

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A guide to using the program. http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner

CCleaner removes temp files, etc., doesn't delete your programs unless you deliberately so command in the Tools\ Uninstall page.

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Thank you.

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Just my 2 cents:

Don't use the registry cleaner unless you are very sure what the entries are, and even then keep the backup file somewhere you can remember.