Hi i was making additions to winapp2.ini but the following code neither displays or finds any keys even when I change what ccleaner is supposed to detect to something I know works maybe i am really tired and made a mistake some where but the code looks fine to me can anyone figure out what i am doing wrong here?

[**Open & Save Mru]
LangSecRef=3025
Detect=RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU
Default=True
RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU\ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU

You have no detect line, it just merges right into Regkey1, and you have Regkey 1 duplicated twice, and you have ComDlg32\OpenSaveMRU duplicated as well.

The below code indeed does work, but it also removes the whole ComDlg32 key along with the LastVisitedMRU location. Windows will recreate them automatically when opening something like a text document though, and it doesn't matter which one you use below they have the same exact effect.

I just noticed that when i posted but that isn't the problem I copied the code you sent me, saved winapp2.ini and it still doesn't work for me. are you able to get it to work on your end?

also is removing the whole ComDlg32 Key a Problem? i am not aware of it being needed for anything... yes i know that windows will recreate them automatically (i will look in to stopping windows from regenerating that tomorrow)

thank you for reading my post

If it isn't working on your end it could be a permissions problem if you're on a non-admin user account or using Vista. You could try by right clicking the CCleaner shortcut and then choose Run As Administrator.

I don't know if removing that whole ComDlg32 will cause any damage or not, hence the reason I restored my registry using an ERUNT backup.

what's ERUNT ? meh i just backed up the whole system partition to a hidden partition so i have everything if something goes wrong.

doubtful i am an administrator running Xp i wouldn't touch vista with a 10 foot pole. but you are right that you have to be an administrator in vista to do just about anything.

ok the code you sent me works the problem was that the registry key i wanted ccleaner to detect kept vanishing for some reason probably me accidentally deleting it while i was tinkering around with ccleaner.

but the good news it that now the option shows up when that registry key is present and ccleaner does seem to clean it. even though it doesn't show up in the when click the analyze *which is probably why I deleted it unknowingly*. is there anyway i can get it too show up in the analysis list when you right click on it's tick box and click analyze? because right now the list is empty and it says there is 0 bytes to remove but if you clean the big clean button on the bottom of the screen it actually deletes it.

on a side note i think i might just change the detection line to a more stable key that i know works so that the check box doesn't appear and disappear between cleaning.

thank you for all of your help.

It dosent show up because its only removing a registry key and not a file. So because the files to be cleaned is 0 and the size is 0, you see nothing. I've noticed that behavior for some time with different versions.


For the detection.. If you want the checkbox always available you could do away with the detection line.

Makes a backup of the complete registry once per day at first boot, and can be configured for example, to keep the most recent 3 or whatever you choose:

ERUNT:

@Disk4mat: Ah I see. they should fix that, CCleaner really should include any registry keys it finds and/or Cleans in the results from analyzing/cleaning your computer. i kind of consider it a bug that it doesn't. maybe they fix that in the next update?

thanks for the tip about the detection line.

@ DennisD

thanks for the information.

semi on off topic.

does anyone know how to delete the open and save locations of Firefox? the key i just added to CCleaner seems to delete the recent open and save locations of most programs but unfortunately Firefox seems to store that information in a different place. does anyone know where so that i can add it to CCleaner. the fact that Firefox remembers the last place i saved stuff has been annoying me for a while.