Moderators nukecad Posted July 23, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 23, 2016 Arghh! When answering a query from a poster I set the 'Save to INI' to check out just how it works. So once I'd done that I deleted the CCleaner.ini And then found that everything had been reset to default, including my Cookies to keep, my ticked options for general cleaning, and even the registry cleaning option. (which I don't much use but still). If CC can keep my settings when I'm not using 'Save to INI' why does it junk them when I have used it and then deleted the .ini file? OK, it's not something that you will do often, but perhaps the 'Check for ini' routine (I'm assuming) could be changed to keep the last settings if the .ini is not found? *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted July 23, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 23, 2016 Yes, what you should have done was simply uncheck save to ini file, then it would have place your settings back into the registry. Save setting to ini is the first step toward portability or allowing multiple users to use the same settings. It transfers settings from the user's registry (hkcu) to a file. Depending on your os, shadow copy (for the ini)or system restore (for the registry) may retrieve your settings, but I would not wager on it. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted July 24, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted July 24, 2016 I didn't even try to recover the previous settings, it didn't take long to put them back to how I want them, cookies to keep took the longest of course. I was just having a winge, I had not expected that Ccleaner would 'factory reset' itself just because it could not find the ini file, I had assumed it would keep the settings it already had. Oh well, my own stupid fault for making assumptions. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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