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that is certainly true, CCleaner has always advertised itself as a gently, gently sort of crap remover.
although no personal data will be lost, Privazer cuts a little too deep for me.
although no personal data will be lost, Privazer cuts a little too deep for me.
Rustys/Bruce/Mal
Version is Win10 Home.
Have used CCleaner by the way.
Might try Privazer.
Seems like that is as far as we can go?
Version is Win10 Home.
Have used CCleaner by the way.
Might try Privazer.
Seems like that is as far as we can go?
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Rustys/Bruce/Mal,
Just out of interest I downloaded Privazer on to my own PC and ran it. (I went no further than end of scan)
Please see attached screenshot of completed scan.
Before I hit start cleaning, do I need to create restore point - do I need to save registry?
What does the screenshot actually tell us?
Is it perfectly safe to use?
Just out of interest I downloaded Privazer on to my own PC and ran it. (I went no further than end of scan)
Please see attached screenshot of completed scan.
Before I hit start cleaning, do I need to create restore point - do I need to save registry?
What does the screenshot actually tell us?
Is it perfectly safe to use?
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when running anything like this, for the first time, especially a program that 'removes' things, yes, a reg backup and a new restore point cannot hurt.
with reg cleaners, they really are useless from a performance and maintenance standpoint. from malware removal type of stuff, yep, they have their place.
even the official word from MS is to avoid reg cleaners.
with restore points, realise they only 'snapshot' system files, not any of your personal files, and only certain system files at that. enough system files to hopefully rollback from a faulty driver installation, or to get the PC to boot again, they will not take the whole OS back to a point in time.
for that you should be doing image backups, say with Macrium Reflect Free, but there are others.
as to your last 2 questions, the screen shot tells me PrivaZer does cut a lot deeper than CC, but I knew that, and, as such, it may not be perfectly safe to use.
as stated earlier, you won't lose personal data but you may lose system settings, personal customisations etc, but it should be nothing you can't recreate if needed.
sadly, no-one knows your PC better than you.
with reg cleaners, they really are useless from a performance and maintenance standpoint. from malware removal type of stuff, yep, they have their place.
even the official word from MS is to avoid reg cleaners.
with restore points, realise they only 'snapshot' system files, not any of your personal files, and only certain system files at that. enough system files to hopefully rollback from a faulty driver installation, or to get the PC to boot again, they will not take the whole OS back to a point in time.
for that you should be doing image backups, say with Macrium Reflect Free, but there are others.
as to your last 2 questions, the screen shot tells me PrivaZer does cut a lot deeper than CC, but I knew that, and, as such, it may not be perfectly safe to use.
as stated earlier, you won't lose personal data but you may lose system settings, personal customisations etc, but it should be nothing you can't recreate if needed.
sadly, no-one knows your PC better than you.
Bruce/Mal/Gus/Rustys,
Sincere thanks for all your assistance - hope you don't think I was wasting your time.
Sadly it seems we will have to live with the folder as it is. :thumbsup:
Sincere thanks for all your assistance - hope you don't think I was wasting your time.
Sadly it seems we will have to live with the folder as it is. :thumbsup:
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