Add SRware Iron to CCleaner

If you've heard the news, there's a new great browser called SRware Iron. Basically, it's an exact clone of Google Chrome, except for one area. ALL of the privacy invasion software that Google Chrome uses to abuse your privacy have been removed.

Now, I depend on CCleaner to quickly clean up excess programs on my hard drive. It's free software written by Piriform, and I find that it's an excellent and safe tool. Unfortunately, there is no support for SRware Iron right now.

Here is the official site for SRWare Iron (A Google Chrome Clone)
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

Here is the official site for CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Generally I use CCleaner to wipe unnecessary temporary files off my hard drive before I make a full backup with a program such as Norton Ghost.

Unfortunately, CCleaner is not built in with SRWare Iron support... yet. So here are some quick instructions to add SRWare Iron to CCleaner.

1-Figure out where CCleaner is installed on your hard drive. The default folder is: C:\Program Files\CCleaner

2-Create a file named "winapp2.ini" in this directory: C:\Program Files\CCleaner

3-add all the information below to your "winapp2.ini" file (you may note that a ";" semicolon denotes a comment line in your "winapp2.ini" file, which means CCleaner will ignore that particular line. You don't need to include any line that starts with a semi colon, and in fact, you can make up your own comments, as long as the line starts with a semi-colon.

; Piriform CCleaner: winapp2.ini application cleaning file add-on
;
; Notes
; ---------------------------------------
; LangSecRef
; 3021 = Applications
; 3022 = Internet
; 3023 = Multimedia
; 3024 = Utilities
; 3025 = Windows
; 3026 = Firefox/Mozilla
; 3027 = Opera
; 3028 = Safari
;
; IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
; If you make any cleaning entries that drastically slow down
; CCleaner removing them will allow CCleaner to function faster.
; Also removing cleaning entries for software you no longer
; use or have installed will allow CCleaner to function faster.


; SRWare Iron starts ------->
[Cache]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default\Cache|*.*

[Cookies]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Cookies

[Internet History]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|*History*
FileKey2=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Thumbnails
FileKey3=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Visited Links

[Current Session]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Current*

[Last Session]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Last*

[Form Data]
Section=SRWare Iron
DetectFile=G:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\Iron.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=C:\Documents and Settings\blink\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data\Default|Web Data
; SRWare Iron ends ------->

4-if you don't see SRWare Iron added to your CCleaner options, it means there is a mistake. You can try & edit/ replace C:\Program Files\ with %ProgramFiles%\ and you can try & replace C:\Documents and Settings\ with %Documents and Settings%\ (this is where user settings are stored in all versions of windows xp ). if you're using windows vista or windows 7, you'll need to replace C:\Documents and Settings\ with something like this: %userprofile%\

5-Important!: CCleaner is pretty fickle with settings in winapp2.ini -- it's case sensitive and it needs the exact settings on your machine. If nothing shows up in CCleaner, it means you've got one or more of your settings wrong. Check for upper or lower case, check the files paths..

If all else fails, you can check the official ccleaner documentation. Be forewarned, the official documentation had a few mistakes and was out-dated as of May 27, 2010

http://docs.piriform.com/ccleaner/advanced-usage/ccleaner-ini-files/how-to-add-your-own-program-for-ccleaner-to-clean

Why Did I Write This: This is a quick reference for me, as much as it is to help others. If you feel like this information is useful, please don't hesitate to comment.

And as usual, have a craptastic day!