Solved Help with CCleaner

[JaidynM]

I regularly use CCleaner, probably around 3 times a week. The thing is, when it cleans out Firefox and Google Chrome, all my saved logins are gone. For example, I never log out of VF, SF or EF. My logins are saved. After using CCleaner, they aren't. Which options do I need to uncheck or check in the Chrome and FF sections to not lose my save logins or passwords.

I also want to clean as much as I can including history, cache, cookies etc. What else is it safe to check? I'd like to check as many options as possible. I've attached a screenshot of my current options below.

 

[Sardonicus]

Uncheck cookies and that should eliminate the login problem.

 

[JaidynM]

Right, so everything else should be fine to check?

 

[toetag]

Uncheck cookies and that should eliminate the login problem.

i agree, cookies store this info! the other stuff will not affect logins/passwords etc

 

[JaidynM]

Apart from Saved Password of course. Right, thanks for the help.

 

[karlsnooks]

That's not going to hack it.

Here I'll show you what I've got and what works!

Incidentally, it is the session part that you need to uncheck.

 

[JaidynM]

Oh? So checking cookies is fine? Hold on, I'll give it a try.

 

[WolfSoul]

Ccleaner is handy for stuff you don't need.. but every time I install it it seems to run autotmatically every now and then and forget my settings

 

[JaidynM]

Ccleaner is handy for stuff you don't need.. but every time I install it it seems to run autotmatically every now and then and forget my settings

I don't run it automatically, manually IMO is much better.

Anyway, I unchecked Session and check Cookies and I stayed logged in on EF but not SF. Seems strange, doesn't it?

 

[WolfSoul]

I usually leave cookies unchecked

 

[karlsnooks]

Maybe I should clarify.

For security reasons, I never stay logged on anywhere between power off and the next time I visit a site. The first new visit to a site after the power back on then I use RoboForm to fill in any fields and to log me in all in one click.

 

[scr]

In CCleaner "options" - "cookies" .. select the cookies you want to keep such as "windows7forums.com" to preserve your log in credentials. Do the same with any other sites you want to save and allow the rest to be deleted in the clean up process.

 

[derekimo]

I leave cookies checked but have the ones I want to keep for logins in the cookies to keep box.

 

[Sardonicus]

Whitelisting within Firefox can also be done, as in version 6.0.2.
Options, Privacy, Accept cookies from sites, Exceptions...

 

[bru]

I leave cookies checked but have the ones I want to keep for logins in the cookies to keep box.

I do the same. If I'm not sure which cookie to save I will run CCleaner and clean everything I have checked. Then immediately log on to whatever site and run CCleaner again. The cookie(s) related to the login should be the only one CCleaner finds and then it's easy to save it from being deleted.

 

[derekimo]

I leave cookies checked but have the ones I want to keep for logins in the cookies to keep box.

I do the same. If I'm not sure which cookie to save I will run CCleaner and clean everything I have checked. Then immediately log on to whatever site and run CCleaner again. The cookie(s) related to the login should be the only one CCleaner finds and then it's easy to save it from being deleted.

Yep, I do the same thing.

 

[DBone]

A little off topic, but not too much. I do the same thing regarding cookies too, but I now do it with SlimCleaner instead. I have not been happy with CCleaner's direction as of the last few releases, and to me, SlimCleaner is just better in every way.

 

[JaidynM]

Thank you all. I simply had to set some custom options for the cookies and it worked.

Thanks again,
Jaidyn