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•  Introducing CCleaner
  •  What is CCleaner?
  •  What can you use it for?
  •  What it can and cant do
  •  Can data cleaned by CCleaner be recovered?
  •  System requirements
•  Using CCleaner
•  CCleaner Rules
•  CCleaner Settings
•  CCleaner How Tos
•  Troubleshooting
•  Advanced Usage

What it can and cant do

CCleaner has many abilities, but it can't do everything. Here's a list of what it can and can't do.

CCleaner can:

• Protect your Web browsing privacy on a shared or public computer by deleting passwords and other temporary Internet files, so that nobody will be able to see where you've been.
• Protect your privacy for many Windows applications by removing information about files and folders you've accessed using them.
• Remove traces of documents you've already deleted by securely wiping free disk space.
• Clean up the Windows Registry by removing information that's incorrect or no longer needed.
• Reduce memory load and speed up boot times by letting you specify which programs automatically start with Windows.
• Uninstall software easily - even when the Windows Control Panel Add/Remove Programs applet won't let you.
• Manage your cookies - tiny files on your PC that Web sites use to track your visits.

What CCleaner can't do:

• CCleaner can't detect or remove viruses, spyware, or malware. Check out http://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/ for antivirus software, and  http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/ for anti-spyware utilities.
• CCleaner can't defragment your hard drive. We've written a free program called Defraggler that will do just that - check it out.
• CCleaner can't recover deleted or corrupted files. Our other great free product, Recuva can!