CCleaner results

Hello,

I have used CCleaner for some time now and thought it might be time to try and understand what I should be deleting and what I should not be deleting. I will attach my recent analysis of what CCleaner recommends me to remove. What I thought was odd was that I ran the cleaner and removed what it recommended about 2 days ago, and just for fun I ran the cleaner again today to see if there were anymore items from 2 days ago that needed to be cleaned again. What I found was that, it found about 1847 MB worth of new stuff as opposed to about 300 MB from 2 days ago. How could I have got that much new stuff in only 2 days time. And why didn't it find these new items 2 days prior? If someone could look over my log file that is attached and let me know what is safe to delete and what I might not want to delete, that would be very helpful. Thanks

6_29_08_deletion_log.txt

6_29_08_deletion_log.txt

Do you have 'only delete temp files older than 48 hours' ticked?

If so they might have then been old enough to delete.

Yes I do have that checked. Could you please explain if most of the stuff is ok to delete and what it may be for? I am weary of deleting things in the C:\WINDOWS\......... folder.... Thanks

Yes I do have that checked. Could you please explain if most of the stuff is ok to delete and what it may be for? I am weary of deleting things in the C:\WINDOWS\......... folder.... Thanks

Hi Isaiah,

I'm not sure if it is a U.K. thing or a hazelnut thing. :unsure: Every locale has it's own way of phrasing things. :P

I even get confused.I am in Maryland,U.S.A.

I may be wrong but I think she was implying that if you turn off that switch then maybe a lot of things will come tumbling out the Windows temp folders.That one option seems to work differently than you may think.I always leave it off as I only run CCleaner to actually clean every 3 or 4 days.Other times I use it to Analyze only.

Those other 1.8 GB may be something that was not available at the time to be cleaned.Only run CCleaner when all browsers and other programs are closed.

Good luck,

:) davey

The majority are temp files. They accumulate quicky and add up in file size. These files can come from: installers, compression applications and some games may use temp files. Scanning over the file list I see: Adobe Acrobat (install files), temp files from a digital camera (jpeg's), Nero (install files).

It appears safe to remove/clean everything in the list.

The majority are temp files. They accumulate quicky and add up in file size. These files can come from: installers, compression applications and some games may use temp files. Scanning over the file list I see: Adobe Acrobat (install files), temp files from a digital camera (jpeg's), Nero (install files).

It appears safe to remove/clean everything in the list.

Thank you for your information. I will try to clean all that out. Thanksn again

Hi Isaiah,

I'm not sure if it is a U.K. thing or a hazelnut thing. :unsure: Every locale has it's own way of phrasing things. :P

I even get confused.I am in Maryland,U.S.A.

I may be wrong but I think she was implying that if you turn off that switch then maybe a lot of things will come tumbling out the Windows temp folders.That one option seems to work differently than you may think.I always leave it off as I only run CCleaner to actually clean every 3 or 4 days.Other times I use it to Analyze only.

Those other 1.8 GB may be something that was not available at the time to be cleaned.Only run CCleaner when all browsers and other programs are closed.

Good luck,

:) davey

Thanks for the info. I am also in USA. Michigan to be exact. I need to update my profile.......