Only one thing you should do: READ before you click!
There are a heap of options in CCleaner.
If you don't read them, don't use it!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Athanasian Creed <><" wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I just recently reinstalled Win Vista Ultimate and approx. 25 programs along
> with it (all up-to-date versions)
>
> After doing all that, i wanted to run CCleaner to get rid of whatever crap
> buildup was present. To my absolute horror, there was approx. 2.5 GIGS of
> garbage after a clean install plus around 100 registry entries. Where the
> heck did all the crap come from??? I've never experienced having so much,
> much less on a clean, fresh install!!! When i went to clean the build up, i
> noticed that CCleaner (??) had placed some files, around 15 or so (eg.
> notepad.exe, explorer.exe) in C:/Windows, individually under all the file
> folders.
>
> I (foolishly) deleted all the files, thinking they were duplicates (they
> weren't!!!) Obviously, deleting explorer.exe meant that upon restart
> Windows won't boot (thank GOD for Rollback Rx!!!)
>
> I'm at a loss as to what to do - clean or leave be??
>
>
>
> Ray
>