mpw101 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Application tab>Windows>MS Search What does this clean? I know it says MS search but I am not sure what that is or where to find it. For example, is that the search function I am using when I search for a file in Windows Explorer? Is it the search used when I use the search box in the task bar? If I tick the box next to it will it mess up indexing and Windows will have to index again? I have used Ccleaner for years and never ticked the box because I thought it would corrupt Indexing but maybe it just removes the list of searchs I have done somewhere in Windows. Thank you in advance for information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted April 1, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 1, 2020 Haven't got a clue, and this sort of information is kept close to the developers chests. Try right clicking on it and picking analyze from the context menu to see if it finds anything on your machine. It doesn't find anything on mine currently, but I don't use search much anyway. (It take a guess at: "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\" but that is a guess). *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted April 1, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, nukecad said: Haven't got a clue, and this sort of information is kept close to the developers chests. If you /export it it doesn't show? Is it a special key? Can't check myself at this time as i'm away from my PC. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND AT https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us and https://www.ccleaner.com/docs Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT request at https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/requests/new link to WINAPP2.INI explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 1, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 1, 2020 It cleans .log files located in this path: %CommonAppData%\Microsoft\Search|*.log|RECURSE Which is the same path as (on Win10): C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbike Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Andavari, thanks for the path. It would be helpful to know if checking all the Windows boxes gets me much and if there's any danger of deleting something of value. Actually, is there a list somewhere of Windows items to check or to avoid using the same criteria as above (Windows Explorer, System, Advanced)? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 20 Moderators Share Posted May 20 Most of what's listed under 'Advanced' can be left alone, especially things like Windows Event Logs I'd personally never clean since that can give a clue to what's wrong with a PC. One thing in 'Advanced' that helps is when you've manually configured CCleaner in 'Options > Include' to delete a particular file or contents of a folder (such as: C:\Temp, or a software that isn't already cleaned by CCleaner, etc.,). Then under 'Advanced' you'd have to enable/tick 'Custom Files and Folders' otherwise it wouldn't clean your manually configured Include. It's worth looking at the Docs site for more detailed info:https://www.ccleaner.com/docs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbike Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 thanks. I'll have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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