- CCleaner
- Introducing CCleaner
- Using CCleaner
- CCleaner Rules
- CCleaner Settings
- CCleaner How Tos
- Troubleshooting
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Advanced Usage
- Command-line parameters
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CCleaner .INI files
- What do CCleaners INI files do?
- How to add your own program for CCleaner to clean
- How to clean user data from non-standard Mozilla browsers
- How to add other areas of Windows for CCleaner to clean
- How to run Visual Basic scripts during the Cleaning process
- Environment variables and system variables in CCleaner
- Using ccleaner.ini to modify how CCleaner runs
- How to Exclude Items from CCleaners Cleaning
Using ccleaner.ini to modify how CCleaner runs
Normally, CCleaner stores its own settings in the Registry. If you want to manipulate these settings using scripting, you can tell CCleaner to store them in ccleaner.ini, which will be stored in CCleaner's program folder. To change how CCleaner stores its settings, see this topic.
The INI settings are as follows.
| Item | Description | Settings |
| (App)Program Name | The program CCleaner will clean. | True - Check box selected when you start CCleaner. False - Check box cleared when you start CCleaner. |
| AutoClose | Closes CCleaner after cleaning. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| BackupDir | Default path for Issues Registry backup. | |
| BackupPrompt | Prompts user to back up Registry Issues before removal. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| BrowserMonitoring | Whether or not monitoring is active for browsers on the system (CCleaner Professional). |
0 - Disabled. |
| CookiesToSave | Lists cookies user has selected to keep. | |
| CustomFiles (Not longer used. See IncludeX) | Lists files user has specified to include or exclude in Custom Files. | |
| CustomFolders (Not longer used. See IncludeX) | Lists folders user has specified to include or exclude in Custom Folders. | |
| DefaultDetailedView | Detailed view pane for whole analysis or cleaning just after the operation is finished. |
0 = Disabled. |
| IncludeX (e.g. Include1, Include2) | Custom files or folders the a user has specified to clean. | [PATH|FILE]|Path|Filename |
| ExcludeX (e.g. Exclude1, Exclude2) | Custom files or folders the a user has specified to exclude from all cleans. | [REG|PATH|FILE]|Path|Filename |
| FinderIncludeX (e.g. FinderInclude1, FinderInclude2) | Drives or folders CCleaner will use when searching for duplicate files. | PATH|PATH\|Filetype|[RECURSE] |
| FinderIncludeStates | Whether the checkboxes for folders referenced by FinderIncludeX above are initially checked or unchecked. |
0 - Cleared For example, if there are three FinderIncludeX statements, you can specify their checked/cleared status using the pipe symbol: |
| DelayTemp | If enabled, CCleaner will only delete temporary Windows files older than 48 hours. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| HideWarnings | If enabled, CCleaner displays no warnings when advanced items are selected in the rules tree. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| Language | The language file installed with CCleaner. | |
| IEDetailed | If enabled, CCleaner displays a detailed log of Internet Explorer temporary files. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| FFDetailed | If enabled, CCleaner displays a detailed log of Firefox/Mozilla temporary files. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| Language | The language file installed with CCleaner. | |
| MinimizeSystemTray | If enabled, CCleaner will be minimized to the system tray when the user clicks the Close button. | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| MSG_CONFIRMCLEAN | The user is asked to confirm the Cleaning operation. | True - the check box is selected when CCleaner starts. False - the check box is cleared when CCleaner starts. |
| MSG_WARNMOZCACHE | When the user selects Internet Cache in Mozilla Firefox to be cleaned, a warning message appears. | True - the check box is selected when CCleaner starts. False - the check box is cleared when CCleaner starts. |
| MSG_WARNCHROMECACHE | When the user selects Internet Cache in Google Chrome to be cleaned, a warning message appears. | True - the check box is selected when CCleaner starts. False - the check box is cleared when CCleaner starts. |
| SystemMonitoring | Whether or not monitoring is active for the system (CCleaner Professional). | 0 - Disabled. 1 - Enabled. |
| SystemMonitoringSavingsAction | If system monitoring is active (see above), the default action used (CCleaner Professional). | 3 - prompt to clean. 4 - auto clean with notification. 5 - auto clean without notification. |
| UpdateCheck | CCleaner checks for software updates every 10 minutes or when it starts. | 0 - Disabled 1 - Enabled |
| SecureDeleteType | If enabled, CCleaner uses a secure deletion method (see below). | 0 - Disabled 1 - Enabled |
| SecureDeleteMethod | If SecureDeleteType is set to 1, this setting determines which secure deletion method is used. | 0 - Simple Overwrite (1 pass) 1 - DOD 5220.22-M (3 passes) 2 - NSA (7 passes) 3 - Gutmann (35 passes) |
| UPDATEKEY | The date and time CCleaner last checked for an update. | Do not modify. |
| WINDOW_HEIGHT, WINDOW_LEFT, WINDOW_MAX, WINDOW_TOP, WINDOW_WIDTH | Settings representing CCleaner's window position. | Do not modify. |
