I have just joined the forum today, but have been using CCleaner for about 5 years, and find it great and easy to use.
But, re the Registry tool, which I also use, when fixing selected issues, there follows the prompt to back up those, and the box "YES" is highlighted. I normally tick yes, and find that My Documents is being filled with them. Prior to joining I visited Piriform on the web, and learned how to merge such backup files with the registry.
First question : Am I doing the correct thing by merging those with the registry ?
Second question : Once I have merged them with the registry, can I then delete those items from My Documents ?
Hoping for guidance re the 2 above points, and being the wrong side of 70 yrs go easy on me. ![:D]()
Welcome to the forum frj1941 ![:)]()
You only need to merge the registry items back if there are problems after you have used the registry cleaner.
The backups are just copies of the cleaned items, so if you keep putting them back it will be as if you never cleaned them in the first place ![:)]()
Some folk keep the backups in My Documents for a month or so and then delete just them.
Anymore questions...just ask.
hazelnut, Thank you very much for that info and clarification. I will follow what you suggest. I did 'merge' several of those documents with the registry, and then gave the Reg. Cleaner another run. I was getting dozens of issues showing - so it confirms what you say.
As I said in my post - wrong side of 70, but I am still ready to learn new things. ![:)]()
Thanks again.
I'd say keep the .reg backups for a bare minimum of 1 month. I used to keep them for a minimum of 3 months or longer but that was over a decade ago using over-aggressive registry cleaning programs before I starting using CCleaner. CCleaner has a more gentle registry cleaner but it can still cause issues, hence the reason to maintain the backups for awhile.
Andavari, Thanks for that. I will also bear in mind your suggestion.