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Does CCleaner's performance weaken over time?

Started by Atnes, Jun 27 2007 11:42 AM

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#1 OFFLINE   Atnes

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Posted 27 June 2007 - 11:42 AM

Dear forum members,

After several months of excellent performance (versions 1.38; 1.39; and now 1.40..), my copy of CCleaner seems to have lost its interest in my computer crap :(
According to the results I get daily from the routine scan by the
PC Scan and Sweep tool, the number of my junk + clutter files has been constantly increasing over the past few days. Needless to say that accordingly, the performance of my computer has been slowing down to. I tried to add to the cleaning process folders and files from other disk sections - not only the default harddrive C:, but also D: and E:,
but the program (CCleaner) warns me by saying that all added/custom files or folders will be removed and/or emptied, not just cleaned for clutter etc. So what am I supposed to do? How do I get the CCleaner to resume its excellent performance from some months ago? :unsure:
Any suggestion wil be greatly appreciated!
Best to all, Atnes

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Posted 28 June 2007 - 11:52 AM

CCleaner only cleans the drive it is installed on. If you add D: & E: as custom folders it will delete every file on those drives, as far as I'm aware.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 12:53 PM

CCleaner only deletes specific junk on your main (C:) drive.

IE: It does not search the whole drive for junk it only removes from places its been told junk exists!
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 02:19 PM

Try defragging your harddrive if you notice a slowdown in performance. Also, make sure you do virus and spyware scans regularly to make sure nothing is running in the background.

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Posted 30 June 2007 - 11:45 AM

View PostGCNbball8, on Jun 28 2007, 04:19 PM, said:

Try defragging your harddrive if you notice a slowdown in performance. Also, make sure you do virus and spyware scans regularly to make sure nothing is running in the background.

AJ

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 11:46 AM

View PostFaust, on Jun 28 2007, 01:52 PM, said:

CCleaner only cleans the drive it is installed on. If you add D: & E: as custom folders it will delete every file on those drives, as far as I'm aware.


Yes, that's what I was afraid of ;) . Thank you vety much for your reply!.
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 11:47 AM

View Postfireryone, on Jun 28 2007, 02:53 PM, said:

CCleaner only deletes specific junk on your main (C:) drive.

IE: It does not search the whole drive for junk it only removes from places its been told junk exists!


I see! Thanks.
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