CCleaner Beginner's Guide

Options

Settings

Language (The language CCleaner is in)

Run CCleaner when the computer starts (Runs CCleaner when Windows starts up)

Add "Run Cleaner" option to Recycle Bin context menu (This will add Run Cleaner to right click menu of the Recycle Bin)

Add "Open CCleaner" option to Recycle Bin context menu (This will add Open CCleaner to right click menu of the Recycle Bin)

Automatically check for updates to CCleaner (This will check for a new version of CCleaner, checks every 10 mins)

Secure Deletion (Changing the option here will allow for secure file deletion)

Cookies

This will manage your cookies. When cleaning with CCleaner, you may not want to delete a certain cookie. So just select it and click the -> button to keep that cookie. Works with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Include

This will clean the files and folders that you add. It will list them in the big white box. On your right you have Add Folder, Add File, and Remove Folder. It also supports drag-and-drop, just drag the file or folder to the window and then you will be prompted to add or not.

Add Folder will add a folder to the custom clean list.

Add File will add a file to the custom clean list.

Remove Selected will remove a file or folder from the custom clean list.

In order to clean custom files or folders, you must have Advanced - Custom Files and Folders checked.

Exclude

This will clean not the files and folders that you add. It will list them in the big white box. On your right you have Add Folder, Add File, and Remove Folder. It also supports drag-and-drop, just drag the file or folder to the window and then you will be prompted to add or not.

Add Folder will add a folder to the custom clean list.

Add File will add a file to the custom clean list.

Add Registry will add a registry key to the custom clean list.

Remove Selected will remove a file or folder from the custom clean list.

In order to clean custom files or folders, you must have Advanced - Custom Files and Folders checked.

Advanced

Only delete files in Windows Temp folder older than 48 hours (This will only remove files in the temp folder older than 48 hours)

Hide warning messages (This will hide all warning messages when checking certain cleaning boxes)

Close program after cleaning (This will automatically close the program after cleaning)

Show prompt to backup registry issues (This will show a warning box to if you want to backup your registry or not)

Show detailed log of Internet Explorer temporary files (This will show the entire log of all Internet Explorer files cleaned)

Show detailed log of Firefox/Mozilla temporary files (This will show the entire log of all Firefox/Mozilla files cleaned)

Minimize to System Tray (This will minimize CCleaner to System Tray)

Save all settings to INI file (This will save all the CCleaner settings to ccleaner.ini instead of the Registry)

Note: Saving to ini can be useful if your Windows account is limited and doesn't have access to the registry.

About

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