Deleting

Laird · Post by **Laird** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:00 am

Anybody know the difference between what CCleaner and the Internet Explorer 'Delete" history/cookies etc delete?
Is CCleaner more effective than Internet Explorer?

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:54 am

If I wanted to remove files completely from my PC I would do 3 things

1. Delete the files using explorer
2. Do a search for all files with a part of the filename
3. Run regedit from Start, Run and Search (F3) for the filename and delete
This makes sure that there are no temporary files stored in another location

For internet history you can use clar history in IE, use CC cleaner and repeat steps 2 and 3 above.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:56 am

I would however be very careful not to delete anything except the unwanted file or your computer will stop working and be be unrecoverable!

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:26 am

I run CCleaner every monday, as well as malwarebites, Register fix, and Super anti spyware pro.

Keeps the computer nice and clean.

Also have Avast the free one, and now HiJackThis thanks to Skiking, although the later is a pain on start up, which is only once a week, but would be annoying if you turn the computer off every time you used it.

dave.m · Post by **dave.m** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:28 pm

Ccleaner is better because it provides a lot more options and does a lot more tasks than the IE8 deleter.
You can set IE to delete browsing history and temp files etc when it closes but run Ccleaner weekly as well.

Check in Ccleaner's Cookie list before running it if you have visited and logged into any new sites that you will be going back to them. Move the cookies for that site over to the right hand list to save them.

dave