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#1 OFFLINE   PrivateWiddle

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Posted 18 September 2008 - 11:32 PM

Hello,

Thanks for CCleaner. I'd like to be able to paste a folder address into the included list for custom cleaning. At the moment the only method is to navigate to it which can be time consuming when the folder in question is several layers deep.

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 12:34 AM

It is a suggestion that's been made before, including the ability to paste or grab multiple selections, but for now you'll have to go the long way. I find the current method fine, although I don't have a lot to include.

Thanks for the suggestion all the same, it will be read by the developers.

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 02:11 AM

I just cut and paste include/excludes straight into the config ini :)

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Posted 19 September 2008 - 07:28 PM

View PostPrivateWiddle, on Sep 18 2008, 05:32 PM, said:

Thanks for CCleaner. I'd like to be able to paste a folder address into the included list for custom cleaning.
That would be very helpful and I've always wanted that ability myself. It's especially annoying when dealing with hidden folders hence their hidden state has to be first disabled in Windows.

I also use the INI editing as detailed by StreamlinePanda, and in some instances it's the only way to exclude a registry key that CCleaner won't allow to be added to the exclusions.
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Posted 20 September 2008 - 11:43 AM

View PostStreamlinePanda, on Sep 19 2008, 02:11 AM, said:

I just cut and paste include/excludes straight into the config ini :)

Good point, I'll do that until I can do so in the main programme. thanks
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