CCleaner help needed.

[WestCoastWilson]

If you are a user of CCleaner, you might be able to help me.

I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! CCleaner BUT, the first time I used it (this past August), it cleaned too much off of my computer. So now I am about ready to use it for a second time, but I need a little help.

The first time around, I had it clean off everything that was pre-checked when I downloaded CCleaner, since I really did not know what I was doing. Now in hindsight, I now know I should have un-checked the “cookies” box . . . because that seemed to clean off about 75% of all of my cookies, but not all of them, yet I think all of the ones I needed are all now back.

Now the other thing I need to find is the box for all of my auto-fills (i.e. where my username and passwords are automatically filled whenever I visit certain websites), because the first time around, it cleaned out all of my auto-fills, so I need to find out what specifically is that box called on CCleaner, so I can un-check it.

Yet since I used this CCleaner at:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner

My computer is running so much faster and better now, but it seems that my cache keeps filling up in my Firefox and is causing photo downloading problems. Which it had never done that before installing CCleaner. Is there a setting in Firefox to empty the cache every time that I logoff?

Wilson

 

[star-warrior]

So this is a FF question about deleting the cache..?

Tools > Options > Privacy Tab

In the History box, you can toggle the setting to

Firefox will : Use custom settings for history

and at the end of the box tick

[x] Clear history when Firefox closes

and then on the right is Settings, click on the button, a pop up dialog box appears for you to choose what FF does, save your options by clicking ok to close the dialog box.

If you had chosen the Private Browsing option, it would remove your history and cache I think. It depends if you want to leave your history of sites visited and passwords and usernames untouched or not. Private Browsing tends to remove it all, best used on public access computers.

 

[Paws]

I just checked with my German CCleaner version, there's an option for cookies and saved form data/passwords. Uncheck them next time.

 

[kevin23]

Ccleaner ,
Windows Explorer heading,
Search Auto Complete , uncheck box

 

[WestCoastWilson]

Thank you Star-warrior , Paws , and Kevin23 . I appreciate your help very, very much. Thanks for taking the time to help me.

Wilson

 

[ozguy]

I love CCleaner, too!

 

[GamerBear]

I use CCleaner it sure updates like every week. Wish there was an auto update to where it just downloads without having to take you to the website.