Hi Woody. I use ccleaner regularly and today I have 11 cookies there but how do I know which ones I would need. I use Firefox on Gmail and the cookies show opposite Internet Explorer. I just viewed summary results and one example is: C:\Documents and Settings\User.USER-745\Cookies\*00EBICBA*.txt 1KB there are 10 like this one just the highlighted numbers change. The last one after -745\Local Settings\Application Date\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\88VRQQ2R\toolbar.avg{1}.xml Perhaps the last one is the only one I need to keep?? Yes/No Joyce > > > Might be that cleaning out the internet temp files and cookies will help. > But lots of cookies are beneficial. You can use CCleaner to select the > cookies you want to keep when you use to clean up your computer, and then > it will delete the rest. > > > Woody > > >

Joyce, I'm not familiar with CCleaner summary results. It took me a while to figure out how CCleaner handles cookies. Here's how to sort the cookies into "delete" and "keep": -- In CCleaner, click on "Options" (the gear looking thingy) -- Click on "Cookies" -- That brings up two columns, "Cookies to Delete" on the left and "Cookies to keep" on the right. All cookies are shown in the "Cookies to Delete" side until you shove them over to the right side (Cookies to keep). In the middle area between the columns are arrows to push cookies from one side to the other. So, on the left side, highlight a cookie you recognize that you'd like to keep and shove to the right using the arrow, such as: rogers.com avg.com skype.com ancestry.com pandora.com etc You may have multiple cookies for some sites, such as accounts.google.com google.com So you need to look for multiple entries from the same site. The "Cookies to delete" are deleted when you run "Cleaner". All web sites have changed their cookie format to a new standard over the last year or two so that it is complex and difficult to recognize or interpret the "new format" cookies. Fortunately, CCleaner interprets these cookies and presents them in a simple, easily recognizable format, such as "skype.com" and "rogers.com". Woody -----Original Message----- From: Joyce <joyce_c@rogers.com> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 17, 2014 8:28 pm Subject: Re: [GN] GEN-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 45 Hi Woody. I use ccleaner regularly and today I have 11 cookies there but how do I know which ones I would need. I use Firefox on Gmail and the cookies show opposite Internet Explorer. I just viewed summary results and one example is: C:\Documents and Settings\User.USER-745\Cookies\*00EBICBA*.txt 1KB there are 10 like this one just the highlighted numbers change. The last one after -745\Local Settings\Application Date\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\88VRQQ2R\toolbar.avg{1}.xml Perhaps the last one is the only one I need to keep?? Yes/No Joyce > > > Might be that cleaning out the internet temp files and cookies will help. > But lots of cookies are beneficial. You can use CCleaner to select the > cookies you want to keep when you use to clean up your computer, and then > it will delete the rest. > > > Woody >

Good job Woody, but you might want to add any other sites that require passwords. Your ancestory site, netflix or other subscription site, etc. I am not positive, as I have not tested it, but I think if you use the intelligentscan for cookies when Ccleaner is first set up it may or may not recognize sites a user uses which require passwords. Seeing how I use a PW program to keep track, I don't even bother to think about it,, I think the newest ver Ccleaner has passwords un checked as a default setting as many less savey users complained about it. George & the SixPack -----Original Message----- From: Woody Woodworth Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 2:58 AM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] GEN-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 45 Joyce, I'm not familiar with CCleaner summary results. It took me a while to figure out how CCleaner handles cookies. Here's how to sort the cookies into "delete" and "keep": -- In CCleaner, click on "Options" (the gear looking thingy) -- Click on "Cookies" -- That brings up two columns, "Cookies to Delete" on the left and "Cookies to keep" on the right. All cookies are shown in the "Cookies to Delete" side until you shove them over to the right side (Cookies to keep). In the middle area between the columns are arrows to push cookies from one side to the other. So, on the left side, highlight a cookie you recognize that you'd like to keep and shove to the right using the arrow, such as: rogers.com avg.com skype.com ancestry.com pandora.com etc You may have multiple cookies for some sites, such as accounts.google.com google.com So you need to look for multiple entries from the same site. The "Cookies to delete" are deleted when you run "Cleaner". All web sites have changed their cookie format to a new standard over the last year or two so that it is complex and difficult to recognize or interpret the "new format" cookies. Fortunately, CCleaner interprets these cookies and presents them in a simple, easily recognizable format, such as "skype.com" and "rogers.com". Woody -----Original Message----- From: Joyce <joyce_c@rogers.com> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Feb 17, 2014 8:28 pm Subject: Re: [GN] GEN-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 9, Issue 45 Hi Woody. I use ccleaner regularly and today I have 11 cookies there but how do I know which ones I would need. I use Firefox on Gmail and the cookies show opposite Internet Explorer. I just viewed summary results and one example is: C:\Documents and Settings\User.USER-745\Cookies\*00EBICBA*.txt 1KB there are 10 like this one just the highlighted numbers change. The last one after -745\Local Settings\Application Date\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\88VRQQ2R\toolbar.avg{1}.xml Perhaps the last one is the only one I need to keep?? Yes/No Joyce > > > Might be that cleaning out the internet temp files and cookies will help. > But lots of cookies are beneficial. You can use CCleaner to select the > cookies you want to keep when you use to clean up your computer, and then > it will delete the rest. > > > Woody > ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message