CCleaner

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Ccleaner (short for Crap Cleaner) is a program which removes unneeded files from your computer. It is possible to remove many unneeded files manually by, for example, emptying your internet browser's cache. CCleaner deletes these files for you, but it also deletes files that are very difficult for you to find on your own, and which are not obviously unneeded.

Click here for notes on the new (version 2+) version of CCleaner - to be merged

Basic Usage Instructions

1. Make sure that you do not have any programs running. You need to do this because CCleaner will be unable to delete certain files if other programs are using them.
2. Open the "CCleaner" program.

Note: sometimes CCleaner will ask whether you would like to update your software: instructions on how to update CCleaner are given below. 3. Click the "Analyze" button at the bottom of the window. CCleaner will start scanning your computer to find files it can remove. The blue bar at the top of the window moves from left to right. When in gets to the right of the window it will start again at the left; this will repeat until CCleaner has found all of the files it needs to remove.

4. Once CCleaner has found all of the files it needs to remove, it will display a list titled "ANALYSIS COMPLETE" which shows the files CCleaner will remove. Click "Run Cleaner" in the bottom right of the window. The blue bar at the top of the window starts running again from left to right; again, this will repeat until CCleaner has found all of the files it needs to remove.

5. Once all of the files are removed CCleaner will display another list, this time titled "CLEANING COMPLETE". Click on the "Issues" icon in the left hand column of the window.

6. Click the "Scan for Issues" button at the bottom of the screen. Again, a blue bar will start running from left to right at the top of the screen; however, this time when the blue bar reaches the right of the screen the scan will be complete. When the scan is complete click "Fix selected issues" at the bottom of the window. A window asks you, "Do you want to backup changes to the registry": click "Yes". A new window, titled "Save As", pops up. Click "Save".

7. You will now see a new window, blue and white with no frame. Click "Fix All Selected Issues". A window will pop up asking you, "Are you sure you want to Fix all selected Issues?": click "OK".

8. You are then taken back to the blue and white, frameless window. Click "Close" in the bottom right hand corner of this window.

9. That's it: you're done! Close down CCleaner by clicking the cross in the top right-hand corner.

Updating Ccleaner

Sometimes when you start CCleaner, a window will open telling you that a new version is available. Click "Yes" to start the CCleaner update process, and then follow these instructions.

1. Click "Download from FileHippo.com".
   

   

   Click "Download from FileHippo.com"
2. A new webpage opens, with a grey-brown hippo at the top. Click "Download latest version", near the green down-arrow on the right of the page.
   

   

   Click "Download latest version"
3. You are then taken to another webpage which says "Thank you. Your download should start automatically." The new version of CCleaner will then start downloading.
   1. If you are using the Firefox internet browser a window will pop up asking "What should Firefox do with this file?". Select "Save to Disc" and click "OK". The file will now download. Once it has finished downloading a box saying "Downloads Complete" will appear at the bottom right of the screen, and then disappear. When in Firefox press Ctrl-J to bring up the "Downloads" window, and double-click on the file whose name starts "ccsetup".
      

      

      Select "Save to Disc" and click "OK"
      

      

      The "Downloads Complete" box appears
      

      

      Double-click the file whose name starts "ccsetup"

      
      
      

   2. If you are using the Internet Explorer internet browser a box titled "File Download - Security Warning" will ask you "Do you want to run or save this file?". Click the "Save" button in the middle of the window. A new window will pop up titled "Save As"; click the "Desktop" icon in the left-hand column, then click the save button in the bottom-right of the window. Once the file has downloaded a new window will pop up titled "Download complete"; click the "Run" button at the bottom of the window.
      

      

      Click "Save
      

      

      Click the "Desktop" icon
      

      

      Click "Save"
      

      

      Click "Run"

   
   

4. The Ccleaner installer will now run. A window pops up asking you to select a language for Ccleaner to run in; if you would like CCleaner to run in English click "OK"; otherwise, select the language you require from the drop-down box and then click "OK".
   

   

   Select your language and click "OK"
5. A window pops up saying "Welcome to the CCleaner vX.XX Setup Wizard", where X.XX is the version number of CCleaner you are installing. Click "Next" at the bottom of this window.
   

   

   Click "Next"
6. A window pops up showing the License Agreement for CCleaner. Click the "I Agree" button at the bottom of this window.
   

   

   Click "I Agree"
7. A window pops up asking you to select a location on your harddrive where CCleaner will be installed. Leave the location set to the default (probably C:\Program Files\CCleaner\) and click the "Next" button at the bottom of this window.
   

   

   Click "Next"
8. A window pops up giving you some options regarding how CCleaner will run on your computer. Make sure all of the boxes are ticked, except the bottom box: "Add CCleaner Yahoo! Toolbar and use CCleaner from within IE". Make sure this box is unticked, and then click the "Install" button at the bottom of the screen.
   

   

   Make sure the "Yahoo! Toolbar" box is unticked, and then click "Install"
9. A window pops up with a blue bar that moves from left to right. Once the blue bar has moved fully to the right another window pops up which says "Completing the CCleaner vX.XX Setup Wizard". Click the "Finish" button at the bottom of this window. CCleaner is now installed.