Welcome... I might run CCleaner again .. it really should take just moments unless you have Tons & Tons of old outdated files. I don't think ive ever seen it run more than maybe 3 or 4 minutes. Mostly less than one minute. That's a good program to run, for basic trash cleaning, about once per week. This post was edited by mikie on Mon, Mar 11, 13 at 23:56

it is free, if you choose to get the paid version there is a one time lifetime fee, minimal, which then lets you get the updates automatically and also schedule scans automatically, if you choose not to get the paid version that is fine the free one will continue to function fine but you must use it manually and remember to hit the update button prior to using it.

Ok this is simple now. Just use Google and type edit registry and millions of hits appear. Look through the first few and you will find many tutorials with good graphics showing step by step. You are nervous and rightly so because of all the warnings about messing up a registry. HOWEVER, this is nothing more than making a correction to a spelling error if you look at it that way. First time just go into the registry working down to the needed page. Once there you can walk away and grab a coffee if you feel stress, or you can make the simple correction to the one entry in question. Those of us who help others always need to stress the importance of caution in the registry because of those who are so impetuous. my ex son in law is a good example, he goes into a computer like a bull in a china shop. Luckily I do not have to clean up behind him anymore :) Now I have learned how to put stuff into a flash drive and save my files. Why? You are going to back up the registry as a precaution, nothing more. To save your work, assuming it is stored in My Documents. Insert the thumb drive, cancel the popup right click Start click Explore Now you see Windows Explorer opened Look near the top on the left side and right click on My Documnts click Properties in the pop up Look to see how large the My Documents folder is and if you have enough room on the thumb drive. We'll assume you have room. OK.... Click My Documents to highlight On the right side click the top item to highlight Hold down the Shift key and tap the End key now all the right side is highlighted right click anywhere on the highlighted data click Copy in the pop up Scroll down the left side now to find the thumb drive right click on it in the pop up click Paste and the contents are copied to your thumb drive - or any other drive you designate. Done! Simple huh?

Windows Update had nothing to do with it. You may have accidentally downloaded it to some other location on your computer. As long as you didn't interrupt the download, it should be there somewhere. If you try to download it again, pay close attention to where it says it's going to be saved. For reasons too complex to explain, downloads can go to different locations; you can always change this before the download starts, but you should never assume a download is going to the "usual" location. You need to carefully check the download location before clicking on the save button.