First do carefully read this webpage for clues what has gone wrong.
http://docs.piriform...leaner-to-clean
When you have followed all the instructions on that page, and it still doesn't work then post your modified Office 2003 entry for ""Winapp2.ini"" in this thread and I'll have a look at it.
No, don't add that info to ""Ccleaner.ini"".
The only problem I can see is that the LangSecRef value of 3021 does not appear in the list of options on the How To document you referred me to. However, as that value came from your Office 2003 attachment, I assume it is correct.
I have tried both 2.27 and 2.32 and no new box appeared in the Application pane for either. Here is winapp2.ini for you to have a look at.
Thanks for your time.
Ok a few reasons why Wiley's file may not be showing up/changing anything.
1) As far as I can tell, it is IDENTICAL to what is already inbuilt into CCLeaner; which I posted above. The thing I posted above was NOT an edit of CCLeaners settings it is ccleaners settings I posted for someone to make a winapp1.ini (which replaces all programs which ccleaner cleans with only that which is listed in winapp1) and to edit each setting out til the issue was found.
2) It contains no * infront of the name and no other way to diferenciate it from the original office 2003 setting.
refers to the commented heading in Winapp2LangSecRef value of 3021
; LangSecRef ; 3021 = Applications ; 3022 = Internet ; 3023 = Multimedia ; 3024 = Utilities ; 3025 = Windows
it just tells ccleaner to place office 2003 in the Applications section in Applications tab, if it said LangSecRef 3023 it would be under the Multimedia Heading if it had no LangSecRef at all it would not be listed under a heading and would just float at the bottom.
Did you rename the text file as winapp2.ini when you put it into the ccleaner folder? it seems to me that you did not. do your files show the last three letters (i.e. "{filename}.txt") if not what you did may have been renamed the file as "winapp2.ini.txt." Please make sure this is set correctly
Thank you Nergal, but in fact the reason it wasn?t working was because the winapp2 file was placed in Program Files, not the CCleaner folder. As soon as I placed it in the CCleaner folder it worked properly.
I tried Willy2?s suggestion from post #15 of changing the upper case K?s in RegKey to lower case, but the problem continued. For anyone else encountering the same problem, the solution is:
1. Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > CCleaner
2. Right-click any free space and click New > Text Document
3. Open the document and click File > Save As and name it winapp2.ini to create a Configuration Settings file
4. Copy the contents of Willy2?s Office 2003 attachment in post #17 and paste into winapp2.ini
5. Change the first line to [Office 2003 (Modified)]
6. Delete: RegKey3=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Recent File List
7. Open CCleaner program and in the Application pane, untick the box next to Office 2003
I can now use version 2.32 without altering the settings in Outlook (and Word). Wonderful !
Thank you all for your assistance, especially Willy2. You?re a star !
Thank you !
It proves that you can't rely on Microsoft for the full 100%. Who would have guessed that those settings were stored under ""Powerpoint"". It seems that starting in v2.28 or in a higher version, CC made no longer a distinction between lower and upper case letters in the *.ini files.
MRG7,
If CC wipes too much settings in other programs/applications as well, there's a place where you can always find the latest embedded *.ini files.
http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=15307
With that info you can write/modify your own customized winapp2.ini and/or winapp1.ini file(s).
This thread is also always available on the frontpage of the ""CC discussion"" forum.
I?ve not noticed any other settings being affected, but I will keep that in mind ? now I know how to do it ! Thank you Willy2.
One question though; now I have deleted the PowerPoint RegKey, will that stop CCleaner cleaning any junk files relating to that application? If so, is there any way I can modify it to include PowerPoint, while still avoiding the previous problem?
If you know where PP and Outlook related info (settings/filenames) is ""hiding"" then you certainly could modify/add more ""Regkey=......"" and/or ""Filekey=...."" lines to specificly target PP and/or Outlook related info. But then you'll have to use a registry editor and search the registry but that's something for more advanced Windows users only.
Another suggestion: You don't have to delete that key, I was told today that placing a ";" in front of a line makes CC ignore that line.
Thank you, but I don?t think I?ll attempt to edit the registry !
That?s interesting about using a ?;? but would this have any advantages for me?