pickleman Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 anyone see this article? source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 chmsant Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 rather interesting read... to be considered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GSDragoon Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Personally, I don't like programs that mess with prefetch stuff. I always leave it unchecked in CC. I've had it where layout.ini was deleted and I could never get prefetching to work again unless in reinstalled windows. EDIT: I will sometimes clean out stuff from there manually. Like I'll run a program once and windows will prefetch it. Kinda useless then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 windows95isg8 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Had not read that, thanks for the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JustGeorge Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Kinda of insulting article. CCleaner author has written a light, useful app that is of great assistance to many people including myself. Just uncheck the damn box and be done with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Master Shake Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I looked at the options in ccleaner a while ago and saw that it was set to delete prefetch data. I unchecked it then because I figured that was bad.... I don't know why they would keep it on by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 i didn't even read the article. why? because i just uncheck the box. this would only be a big thing if ccleaner didn't allow you to do that, but it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pickleman Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 because i just uncheck the box. this would only be a big thing if ccleaner didn't allow you to do that, but it does. But what about the people that don't understand this? The action is checked as default. If anything, this should be an option not a default action. If the prefetch info is correct and if the maker of CCleaner knows about it then I would have to say this is a pretty sh*tty thing to leave in. There should have been a update/fix for this right away. Until this issue is resolved I guess I'll stay away from CCleaner. There are far better cleaners out there that aren't as sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 i agree it should be moved to advanced and unchecked but why would you ditch ccleaner for that one thing that affects noobs? it's good in every other way and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pickleman Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 well, from what I'ved read, the CCleaner owner knows about this problem and refuses to acknlowedge it. What else does CCleaner do that I don't know about? Why should I trust something that is so obviously wrong. and yes, there are other programs that are just as good and are also free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 i'd be interested to try some out, links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pickleman Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 puhlease. If you can't find other free cleaners then maybe you shouldn't be using them. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Slimy Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 how helpful. i'm thinking of a free app that is a very good organizer for me. can you find it? oh wait, i didn't even tell you the name, sorry! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 gshapiro Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I don't understand why they don't just examine your prefetch file and delete those programs that are not on your system anymore. This can't be that difficult to do. This way only unused programs get deleted not the whole thing. Perhaps the Layout.ini file can also be done this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ev0| Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 puhlease.If you can't find other free cleaners then maybe you shouldn't be using them. :laugh: 586771720[/snapback] This is a forum to help other users, not be a jerk and make flippant comments. I understand you haven't been around too long, so i'll let it slide. In my opinion, ccleaner is a good app, but like all powerful apps, you can damage your system (slightly) with it if you don't know what you are doing. If you're such a newb that you don't know what all those settings implications are, I suggest you stay away from ANY such "cleanup" tools as you are sure to do something dangerous. Leave it to the pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gavin001 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 So i just uncheck the Old Pretch box and its alrite :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheNay Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 This is a forum to help other users, not be a jerk and make flippant comments. I understand you haven't been around too long, so i'll let it slide. In my opinion, ccleaner is a good app, but like all powerful apps, you can damage your system (slightly) with it if you don't know what you are doing. If you're such a newb that you don't know what all those settings implications are, I suggest you stay away from ANY such "cleanup" tools as you are sure to do something dangerous. Leave it to the pros. 586771803[/snapback] Well said (Y) and I so agree! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pickleman Posted November 5, 2005 Author Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) I understand you haven't been around too long, so i'll let it slide. yea, thanks for that If you're such a newb that you don't know what all those settings implications are, I suggest you stay away from ANY such "cleanup" tools as you are sure to do something dangerous. Leave it to the pros. Safety and Security:CCleaner was designed from the ground to be safe and secure to use. It has multiple levels of checks in place to ensure that it cannot delete any useful information or documents you may still need. hmmm strange that...I guess 'newbs" shouldn't beleive everything they read.... besides. I'm not here to argue with you. I am only giving out important information. Let people decide themselves what to use. Edited November 5, 2005 by pickleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unimatrixzer0 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 (edited) Someone enlighten me please, whats the deal with Pretch? NM, the blog link was done earlier. Finally got to read it. Edited November 5, 2005 by unimatrixzer0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dragon2611 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 so if i delete the prefetch stuff with ccleaner apps might take a bit longer to load a couple of times untill the prefetch data gets put back their by windows. hardly a major problem now is it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lexcyn Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 That's a good read. I'll disable that option in the future. But just because this application has one option that's iffy doesn't mean it's a bad program. I'll keep using it because it's a good tool to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Randolph Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I for one, have unistalled CCleaner. It actually for me, has slowed my system down by the files it deletes. I'll stick to other "cleaners" out there that actually know what their doing, thank you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lexcyn Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 I for one, have unistalled CCleaner. It actually for me, has slowed my system down by the files it deletes. I'll stick to other "cleaners" out there that actually know what their doing, thank you. :) 586772416[/snapback] But all you have to do is un-check one option. I don't think that's really hard to do, but eh - your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JustGeorge Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 ccleaner comes in very handy when you have to clean up the mess left by spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 L3thal Veteran Posted November 6, 2005 Veteran Share Posted November 6, 2005 I have no issues with application load times when that is checked. Maybe because I have 2gb of high performance RAM :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Long Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Kinda of insulting article. CCleaner author has written a light, useful app that is of great assistance to many people including myself. Just uncheck the damn box and be done with it! 586771534[/snapback] Kind of more insulting that the authors deny the facts and giving users the default option of degrading their computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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