GFF Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Why does CCleaner for Windows popup messages keep telling me that it is cleaning up browser related files for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer when I don't use either one of those browsers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 15, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2022 Windows and certain apps use edge or ie to run. 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. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted December 16, 2022 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2022 To expand a bit on what Nergal said: Quite a few apps, and Windows itself, use those Edge and IE temporary areas as a convenient location for their temporary files. Why make a new storage area for temporary files when those are already there as standard? (In fact Edge still stores some of it's temporary files in IE's temporary storage areas). So even if you never use those browsers other things will be filling those areas with temporary files. *** 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...
GFF Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Thanks. I sort of suspected it might be something like both of you outlined. Just something I have been meaning to ask about for a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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