danltb Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Why does CCleaner wipe out all restore points? I had to disable then enable Restore to get it to work again, but all my previous restore points are GONE!! Help Danl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 CCleaner is not designed to wipe restore points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I wish CCleaner would clean up old Restore Points, but it doesn't. I have to do it manually about once a month (using Windows Disk Cleanup tool). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I wish CCleaner would clean up old Restore Points, but it doesn't. I have to do it manually about once a month (using Windows Disk Cleanup tool). If you don't want restore points, you can disable System Restore functionality in Windows, I think. But you shouldn't disable it, and you shouldn't delete restore points, because restore points can be very very helpful if something goes wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I don't want to hijack this thread into a discussion over Restore Points. I just wanted to confirm your statement that CCleaner does not erase old Restore Points, even though some users would like it to do so. (For some reason I get over a dozen Restore Points a week, which takes up a lot of disk space. So I do have to clean up manually from time to time. But I certainly want to keep at least one good Restore Point, which usually is the latest.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted October 14, 2006 Moderators Share Posted October 14, 2006 (For some reason I get over a dozen Restore Points a week, which takes up a lot of disk space. So I do have to clean up manually from time to time. But I certainly want to keep at least one good Restore Point, which usually is the latest.) I know using windows defender can cause multiple restore points to be made. Info and a couple of workarounds here http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsg...67f7b12&p=1 Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 I knew it was WD, but I had forgotten about that thread in microsoft.private.security.spyware.announcements; thanks for reminding me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pudelein Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Thanks to Hazelnut for that link about controlling System Restore Points in Windows Defender! I was getting two or three each day from WD and occasional notices that SR was running out of space even. I implemented the fix (that is, defining DisableRestorePoint) and since then I have had just one such and that not from WD. Very useful tweak imho. There should be a controlling option in WD itself (like there is in Registry Mechanic, for instance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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