QUOTE (joliett @ Mar 9 2009, 03:36 AM)

I am using IE7 Maybe IE7 isnt compatable with ccleaner?
I am positive it's a ccleaner problem because GOOGLE's PREFERENCES change back to default only AFTER I run ccleaner.
To be even more specific Google sets a cookie:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Cookies\user@google[3].txt but some reason ccleaner does not recognize it in OPTIONS, COOKIES, COOKIES TO DELETE (From there you can choose to KEEP the Cookie).
I think it doesnt recognize the cookie because google changes it sometimes to user@google[2].txt or google[3].txt so how can we set an exemption for this? I see where to change the ini file or registry for cookies exemptions, but can I use wildcards in there: i.e.: user@google[*].txt ??
I do see the cookie however in the CLEANER screen.
I set the SHOW DETAILED log file for IE BUT I cant find where the file is actually saved on my hard drive?????
I found my answer in a post on a Mozilla help site, which I'll quote below.* I do think it is possible that these issues were caused by CCleaner, however I was not able to reproduce them. While I was trying to diagnose what had gone wrong and how to fix my issue, I tried uninstalling .17 and using .16 of CCleaner, cleaning out all my cookies (I really hated to do that one since I have so many sites that I log into and have them set, just so.), and going through the Firefox config and manually comparing it to another machine that did not have my issue. Then I hit Google in earnest and found a fix for my issue.
* - This post was in response to an original poster, Ross, who was having my exact issue. The responder, Quarantine, with 25621 posts must be someone who codes Firefox.
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Firefox not saving cookies/saved passwords Mon, 09 March, 2009 09:42 PST
Quarantine
25621 postime
Ross, those sites will store details in cookies.
A likely cause is the file that stores cookies may be corrupt. To test this close Firefox, go to your profile folder and rename cookies.sqlite to cookies.tmp
Restart Firefox, log into those sites and then see if it remembers the logins.
To find the cookies.sqlite file, on Windows Vista the usual location for the profile folder is:
C:\Users\<Windows login/user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
xxxxxxxx is a string of random characters, the second half of that part of the folder name is normally .default but may be something else.
The Application Data folder is usually a hidden folder. To show hidden folders, open Windows Explorer and choose Organize > Folder and Search Options > Folder Options > View and select Show hidden files and folders
Mon, 09 March, 2009 10:01 PST
And just for the XP users the profile is in - X:\Documents and Settings\
USER\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
RANDOM NUMBER STRING.default - where X= the drive or partition Windows is installed on, usually the "C" drive.
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