CCleaner Tutorial

CCleaner, Crap Cleaner, is a great tool. Its free and downloadable from PiriForm. The tool lets you clear all of your temporary files and also has a registry repairer. It is available for just about all Windows operating systems. This tool when used the right way can speed up your computer. I am going to show you how to use this great little piece of technology.

Running the Cleaner:

Step 1: Download CCleaner.exe from Piriform's website

Step 2: Install the program using the default settings...basically just keep clicking next.

Step 3: When CCleaner first opens you will be presented with the cleaner menu. Click Analyze to allow CCleaner to find all of your temp files.

Step 4: Once the analysis is complete click "Run Cleaner", this will delete all of your temp files and ultimately speed your machine up a bit.

Running the Registry Cleaner:

Step 1: Download CCleaner.exe from Piriform's website

Step 2: Install the program using the default settings...basically just keep clicking next.

Step 3: When CCleaner first opens you will be presented with the cleaner menu. Click the registry tab to go to the registry cleaner menu.

Step 4: Click "Scan for issues". The cleaner goes over the registry and finds all of the errors and missing information.

Step 5: Once the scan is complete click "Fix Selected Issues"

Step 6: Youll be asked if you want to back up the registry, it is always a good idea to back it up at least once. Click "Yes" then "Save"

Step 7: At the next pop-up menu click "Fix all selected issues" then click "Ok" to confirm. The cleaner runs and you can click "close"

Note: Run the scan a few times, usually 3 is the magic number. You want to run it until CCleaner does not find any other errors

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CCleaner has many other features such as uninstaller, start-up and system restore cleaner. These are pretty useful tools but I wouldn't recommend them for the average users with the exclusion of the uninstaller.

Thanks for reading another TechReally! technology post. I hope this tutorial helps!