I was just going to DL CCleaner before calling it a night. But (and don’t laugh) when I hit the Download button, do I Run the file or Save it???
If I save it, where should I save it? I thought that when it’s installed, it should go in Documents and Settings\User 1\Desktop\My Downloads, . . . but where should it go if I save the .exe file right now???
Always download to a location where you can easily find it. Double click to install.
I agree with craigb uninstall SpyBot S&D as it’s basically useless. When you use CCleaner to clean the registry CCleaner will ask if you want to make a backup, just in case. CCleaner is, as a rule, safe.
I use the registry cleaning feature in CCleaner frequently and 95% of the time elect not to back up the changes. I have never had a problem doing things that way. I would say that CCleaner is very safe and there is no reason whatsoever to do a full system backup before using it. Not even the registry cleaning part since if you choose to make a backup, the registry can be easily restored to it’s previous state if a problem crops up.
I use the registry cleaning feature in CCleaner frequently and 95% of the time elect not to back up the changes. I have never had a problem doing things that way.
Unless you're an expert at cleaning the registry, the safest thing to do is to [b]NOT[/b] clean the registry.
A few hours ago I downloaded ‘CCleaner’ to see, what’s the better choice: ‘CCleaner’ or ‘Sweepi’. After installing ‘CCleaner’ I run it and after that running ‘Defraggler’ (for MS-Defrag is s…t).
After the restart of the system (XP) I ran ‘Sweepi’ and that saved 10 MB extra space! ;D
BTW: I missed starting a Registry-backup in ‘CCleaner’, ‘Sweepi’ asks before starting!
With CCleaner you don’t need to be an expert. It’s totally safe, especially if you back up the changes. It really doesn’t do any more (or less in my experience) than something like Revo Uninstaller does.
It really doesn't do any more (or less in my experience) than something like Revo Uninstaller does.
Funny but that's something else I will not use because it has on several occasions removed shared .dll files
rendering programs other than the one being removed inoperable.
Safer to leave a few items in the registry than to remove things that shouldn't have been removed. :)
I just installed CCleaner. Two questions at the moment:
Should I delete the “ccsetup319.exe” desktop file it created?
I see that CCleaner has an “Uninstaller” in the Tools section. Might that be a better uninstaller to use for removing MSE than the Windows Add/Remover Programs??
Appreciate all your help.
Not exactly sure when I’ll set the uninstall of MSE in motion. Hopefully, tomorrow given the time and the ability to work up the courage.
That would be the installer that you saved to install CCleaner. I created a folder where I keep up to date installers for the programs I usually run in my comp just in case I have to reinstall them again, but yes if you want to remove it, go ahead.
No. It just runs the program uninstaller. It is there for better access to Add/Remove Programs.
Doesn’t take long (20 seconds) to uninstall MSE via remove programs reboot and run the removal tool link i posted earlyer (10 seconds) and finish with run of CCleaner. The registry cleaning with CCleaner is safe to do, iv never seen it remove something that it shouldn’t unlike Revo and many other system tools.
I’d never had a problem like that during several years (in the meantime) on 7 computers.
Didn’t you correct the settings?
I’m really very sorry about that.