CCleaner advice needed

Oldbiggles

On running CCleaner\Tools\search for duplicate files, I was shocked to find how many there are in my PC. The problem is I don't know which of the files to delete (if any). Several, for instance, are duplicate google earth files, listed as: Google Earth\Client and Google Earth\plugin and Google Earth\alchemy, they all appear as duplicated files in the CCleaner analysis.

Can anyone help me decide which need to be deleted please.

Gillor

Divided opinion on this but personally I would leave well alone.

This an old article but still relevant....

http://ask-leo.com/is_it_safe_to_delete_duplicate_files.html

Oldbiggles

Gillor wrote: »

Divided opinion on this but personally I would leave well alone.

This an old article but still relevant....

http://ask-leo.com/is_it_safe_to_delete_duplicate_files.html

Thanks. And yes I see what you mean. Having read that article I think I'll leave well alone.

esuhl

Oldbiggles wrote: »

Can anyone help me decide which need to be deleted please.

I wouldn't delete any system files. Modern Windows versions keep backups of system files so that they can be restored if they are inappropriately modified or become corrupt.

Generally speaking, Windows can look after itself. The duplicate finder is only a good idea for locating personal files that you might have inadvertently duplicated.

So, if you're not sure what a file is used for, don't delete it.

And, for the love of god, don't run the registry cleaner willy-nilly, either!

Oldbiggles

esuhl wrote: »

I wouldn't delete any system files. Modern Windows versions keep backups of system files so that they can be restored if they are inappropriately modified or become corrupt.

Generally speaking, Windows can look after itself. The duplicate finder is only a good idea for locating personal files that you might have inadvertently duplicated.

So, if you're not sure what a file is used for, don't delete it.

And, for the love of god, don't run the registry cleaner willy-nilly, either!

Thanks I've got the message.

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