mmotti Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Hi all, I've been using CCleaner for years and it's a fantastic tool. I've been using Chrome on my Work machine and had noticed that my settings etc were lost every time i restarted the machine. This is because by default, Chrome uses the %localappdata% (which isn't collected by the server). I've managed to point Chrome to a new location in the %appdata% (roaming) folder, but now CCleaner wont clear my Chrome history. I would assume that this is because it's not finding anything in the default user data location. Is there any way that I can point CCleaner to the location of the new userdata folder, for it to clean correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted July 22, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2011 This works for chrome-based and Firefox-based programs http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/advanced-usage/ccleaner-ini-files/how-to-clean-user-data-from-non-standard-mozilla-browsers on top of that these are the current detected locations for chrome-based software DetectFile=%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile2=%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile3=%localappdata%\Flock\Application\flock.exe DetectFile4=%ProgramFiles%\Flock\Application\flock.exe DetectFile5=%localappdata%\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile6=%ProgramFiles%\Google\Chrome SxS\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile7=%localappdata%\SRWare Iron\iron.exe DetectFile8=%ProgramFiles%\SRWare Iron\iron.exe DetectFile9=%ProgramFiles%\Chromium\chrome.exe DetectFile10=%localappdata%\Chromium\chrome.exe DetectFile11=%ProgramFiles%\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile12=%localappdata%\Chromium\Application\chrome.exe DetectFile13=%AppData%\ChromePlus\chrome.exe DetectFile14=%localappdata%\RockMelt\Application\rockmelt.exe DetectFile15=%ProgramFiles%\RockMelt\Application\rockmelt.exe DetectFile16=%LocalAppData%\Comodo\Dragon\dragon.exe DetectFile17=%ProgramFiles%\Comodo\Dragon\dragon.exe 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...
mmotti Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 This works for chrome-based and Firefox-based programs http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/advanced-usage/ccleaner-ini-files/how-to-clean-user-data-from-non-standard-mozilla-browsers Thanks mate, although I found that the syntax appears to be "CustomLocation1=CHROME|C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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