I don’t think there is any doubt that CCleaner is among my favorite applications, and it looks like it is going to stay that way. Thanks to this tiny program I, along with several of our forum members, have been able to clear up gigabytes of files that are no longer needed…thereby reclaiming valuable hard drive space.
Just today CCleaner 2.0 Beta was announced with several new features. The feature that I’m excited about the most is the exclusion list, which lets you select files and/or registry keys to be ignored by the application. This is a big deal because there are some things that shouldn’t be removed, and doing so could render an application unusable.
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Here’s a full list of all the new features, as well as a screenshot of the exclusion list in action:
- Complete rebuild in C++ - With the requirements for a portable version, 64-bit compatibility and Windows Vista increasing against the limitations of the old architecture. We decided to rebuild the entire CCleaner application in highly optimized C++.
- Faster analyzing and cleaning - Each scanning process was rewritten from scratch and fully optimized. The result being a noticeable speed increase in all areas.
- Portable - CCleaner can now run from a USB thumbdrive and be installed/run on a computer without a complicated setup process.
- Compact - The rewrite removed all external file dependencies, so the main EXE is now half the size of the original program and support files.
Exclusions - It is now possible to specify files, folders and registry keys to ignore from the cleaning process.- Redesigned User Interface - The original CCleaner user interface was looking a little dated, so the GUI was redesigned with a modern look, but without sacrificing speed or usability. New icons were created for the interface and the main program icon was updated with a more modern style.
- Loads of little tweaks - Too numerous to mention them all separately, we’ve tried to improve CCleaner in all areas.
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Yes crap cleaner is is an excellent piece of software. But i run this alongside Easy cleaner. Somehow the latter always finds junk files even after i have run CCleaner. Other than that a brilliant application. But I think easycleaner also deserves a mention as it is also free and provides similar functionality. In fact it has more features.
I have been using CCleaner for sometime now and it is very good tool. I run it once a month and I am surprised to see how much thing it cleans off the my system.
My favorite use of CCleaner is for the registry. I always back it up before it makes any changes, but so far it hasn’t screwed anything up. It’s amazing to see all the stuff apps leave behind when you uninstall them.
BACK UP REGISTRY BEFORE CLEANING!!!!!
CCleaner has a real problem with Visual Studio. When cleaning the registry it removed a couple of keys that it shouldn’t have. VS would not repair or uninstall. I had to reinstall windows to get Visual Studio back up.
My most recent problem is with Adobe Reader 8.0. I can’t run the program, uninstall it, or install the latest update.
So I say again, BACK UP REGISTRY BEFORE CLEANING!!!!!
I like CCleaner and have been using it off and on for a few years, but there are a few issues with it that have always affected my OS - which is Win98SE, so that may have something to do with the issues.
I cannot use the registry cleaner because it will repeatedly:
1. Change my default system font to Tahoma and I have to manually reset it back to Sans Serif.
2. After cleaning, when I manually re-boot (to delete the index.dat files), after the boot-up process has finished, there are still files in my Recycle Bin.
Again, both of these issues may have something to do with my older OS, but other than those two consistent problems, this is a very good program for cleaning crap. Sadly, I can no longer clean my registry with it and have been using RegCleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner.
The registry cleaner can definitely be risky, and a year or so ago it deleted an entry from the registry that majorly messed up Windows Media Center for me. Luckily I made a backup and was able to restore that registry entry.