Gerry Cornell wrote:

> Next start cCleaner and select the Issues tab and check all boxes.
> Select scan and then check all boxes before the Issues identified and
> click on Fix.

Sorry, I believe this to be bad advice. I just about guarantee that if
you check all boxes you will have problems.

> If anything subsequently seems wrong you can always you
> use the System Restore point to put the Registry back to what it was
> before running cCleaner.

Sometimes problems don't appear immediately, and appropriate restore
points may be gone by the time they do appear.

> Otherwise you need to proceed slowly with
> cCleaner. Try out bits at a time to see how it works and what it does.

Or, don't delete what you don't understand. I DO tend to delete items
relating to products that I know should not be there anymore, but I'll
certainly never do a global deletion again :-).