Bullwinkle:

Out of curiosity, doesn't Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility perform a temp
file cleanup? If so, what makes CCleaner better?

"Bullwinkle" wrote:

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> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> >> Of historical note on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:06:00 -0700
> >> John <John@discussions.microsoft.com> scribed:
> >>
> >> |Is using the utility, CCleaner, a good (and safe) idea?
> >>
> >> IMHO yes for deleting temp type files, i.e., Temporary Internet Files
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> But unless you are a very experienced computer user do not use the
> > registry cleaner portion of the program. If you look back through posts in
> > this group as well as windowsxp.general and windowsxp.help_and_support
> > about
> > registry cleaners, ther're evel. Overall they create more problems than
> > they
> > correct.
> >>
> >> hth
> >
> >
> > I agree .
> >
> > Clearing internet cache is a safe operation and it will usually help
> > performance.
> >
> > OTOH: Cleaning the registry can involve some sort of risk, yet even if it
> > does no harm, is unlikely to effect any noticeable improvement
> >
> I agree that using CcCleaner is very good as long as you stay away from the
> Registry portion and leave the Applications portion out of it.
>
> I've used it for a long time and found it cuts short some of the cleaning
> needed to be done with regard to the temp files cleanup.
>
> Regards,
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