How to use ccleaner without losing my setting?

15 years ago

I ran ccleaner before leaving town this past weekend. Now I notice that some of my settings are gone - like setting up firefox to send email through AOL, I think some of my bookmarks in the toolbar are gone (although not all). Could this be because I deleted important things? If so, what do I do to run ccleaner and not erase my settings?

On a separate note (but doesn't seem worth a separate thread), for some reason, this computer forum is now displaying in a larger font. This actually started a week ago, but I don't know what I might have done. I think some other sitea re larger as well, but the firefox tool bars seem the same to me.

Thanks.

Lynn.

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stargazzer
15 years ago
I have never had a problem with CC deleting everything it finds.
owbist
15 years ago
Lynn, Ccleaner ran with default settings will not create the mischief you describe. It will remove your cookies but you can protect the ones you want, like the one here so you remain logged in.

Both issues may well be partly due to patch Tuesday last week when Microsoft doled out those update patches.

For some strange reason my computer has started occasionally rebooting while I am away. Plus when I close Firefox it removed my logged in status on the forums I visit regularly. Annoying to say the least! I allowed all patched other than SP3 but I also grabbed Zonealarm's Forcefield and installed the same day so I need to start some digging
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
owbist I saw some other posts about the forcefield causing problems, I know it was being given out free for a short time.
you might check some of the forums to see what is being said, I will take a look again and see if I can find it.
lynnalexandra
Original Author
15 years ago
Owbist - I think you are right. I did not install those updates until just before I left for the weekend. That is probably what caused the changes. Will those updates keep removing settings I want - or was that a one-time disruption? Or is there an update I should uninstall?

Also, how do I protect my cookies (which ones would I want to protect) when running ccleaner?
owbist
15 years ago
Lynn, I have not found any specific MS update to cause my problem - yet. What I have found is that having to log in with each visit is specific to Firefox only. Then it struck me, I updated to version 3 a couple of days after the MS updates. My Internet Explorer and Opera still have me logged in here and elsewhere yet I have not used either for a long time.

Regarding protecting your cookies.
open Ccleaner
click Options on the left side
click Cookies
Now you should see a long list down the left side of the window. Look for thsgardenweb.com - gardenweb.com and ivillage.com and click each to highlight and use the arrow to move them to the right side. Any other site you visit can also be moved over there.
Close the window when you have finished and those cookies will be protected when you use Ccleaner.

Ravencajun, I do not think Forcefield is my enemy here, I stopped it running with no effect on having to log in on each visit to Firefox. Seems maybe I need to dig around FF3, I had read we are being forced to update very soon so decided the time was right - perhaps not, haha.

Yes, I got Forcefield on the free for a year deal. Not sure I will keep it though as it might be slowing me slightly. Anyway I can always try the free Sandboxie if I feel I need that kind of protection.

My Avast became corrupt about 3 days ago and I got a virus so even that causes me a bit of concern. Re-installed Avast and ran a full scan, plus a full scan with Superantispyware and an online scan at Bitdefender so I am comfortable there should be no outside 'influence' on my machine.

Thanks for your input, I may read more on Forcefield before removing it.
lynnalexandra
Original Author
15 years ago
I went to ccleaner and moved the gardenweb cookies over. I think I need more insight, though. What do cookies do? Every time I think I have an understanding of cookies, I'm faced with a new situation that shows me that I don't grasp it yet. I'm not sure if I want to keep cookies for sites I visit like craigslist, ebay, amazon, AOL? Do those cookies help me navigate the sites more quickly?

I did move the gardenweb cookies over, but I did not see an option to save those settings. Does that mean that each time I run ccleaner, I have to move over the cookies I want to keep?

Owbist- if your problems are from Firefox 3, then I don't think our problems are the same. I just started using Firefox for the first time 15 days ago - and went straight to Firefox 3. These changes I found occurred after the first 1 1/2 weeks of usage on firefox.

guess I'll redo my settings and see if the computer keeps them or not.
biwako_of_abi
15 years ago
I updated to FF3, too, and several days ago, over a period of two or three days, I had a lot of trouble with logins, having to log in over and over for different sites every time I started up FF. It was especially bad for Hotmail and G-mail. In Hotmail, I kept telling it to remember my username and password, but it never did. It was maddening.

Finally, I found that in FF, Tools>Options>Privacy was set up to keep 3rd party cookies only until I closed FF. I changed that to "Keep until they expire," and lo and behold, no more sign in problems. I don't know how it had gotten set up that way. FF? My bad? Gremlins? Anyway, it's now fixed.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
hey Owbist here is one of the threads about the forcefield

I had thought of getting it too since it was free right now but not liking the sound of it, plus sandboxie is known pretty well and liked.

Here is a link that might be useful: focefield
owbist
15 years ago
Lynn, cookies are tiny files stored on your computer by all sites you visit. They can be helpful, they can be a pest. They track your movements and report back to the site. Things like how often you visit, pages visited and things like that. While you were protecting your cookies you may have noticed cookies from a lot of advertising sites, these can be third party 'phone home spies' that your firewall stops from reporting on your movements.

Just moving those cookies to the right side has protected them, there is no 'Save' button.

Biwako, thanks for your input on the log in issue. That never worked for me but it gives me confidence to keep searching to stop the aggravation.
DA_Mccoy
15 years ago
I think the base line of thought here is not settings but rather preferences. When you sign on and store your log-on at a site as I did here, a cookie is generated to maintain your log-on status for future visits. If you create a personal "My Yahoo" page a cookie retains your preferences.

Let's not create a renewed panic about cookies. Cookies in general are not obtrusive and are meaningless. Many times a cookie will be used to make your pages load faster. Yes, there are tracking cookies but for gosh sake they are far and wide just commercial entities. They are not big brother looking over your shoulder or some sinister plot to take over your system.

I have seen it here before where new users develop a big fear of cookies and begin dumping them daily. There have been in the past negative episodes related to "bad guy" cookies and there will probably be again. It is our duty as users to be informed and focus on the perpatrators specifically and not all cookies in general.
DA

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