Ccleaner

[anotheoldgit]

After using Ccleaner, I have to sign in once again to use AnswerBank. Nothing unusual about that, I have always had to do this when I used Windows Explorer as my internet browser.

I have recently changed my browser to Firefox, and I now find that after using Ccleaner, I do not need to sign back in each time.

Could anyone please tell me why this is, and how do I go about altering this so as to disconnect me from AnswerBank, when I use Ccleaner.

[Rollo]

Under the "Applications" there is a section for Firefox.

Make sure those boxes are ticked - particularly the Cookies one.

[Ethel]

Rollo is right. CCleaner gets rid of cookies which means you have to sign in to sites after using it.

You shave to set it up to include Firefox. If you wish you can tell it to ignore cookies, in which case there is no need to sign in to sites after using it.

[anotheoldgit]

Thanks very much for your answers.

[VHG]

When you use a browser and you log on to a web site like answerbank the logon information is stored in a small file called a "cookie".

Most web sites create a cookie when you visit their site, maybe to keep track of how often you visit the site, or what pages you viewed last time.

The web site may also save your name (if it knows it) in a cookie. Next time you visit the site it may say "Welcome back Fred" to give you a warm feeling.

If you decided to delete all your cookies, then all this information is lost, so when you revisit a site like answerbank you have to logon again.

I have not used CCleaner, but I assume when you run it then it deletes all your IE cookies, so you need to log on again if you use IE.

But maybe it does not delete your Firefox cookies, so you dont need to logon.

If you want to delete your Firefox cookies (or other Firefox temporary interent files) you will need to go into the Firefox options and select an option like "Delete Temporary Interent Files" or something like that.

I have not got Firefox to hand so cannot give you the exact steps to take.

[ChuckFickens]

I am sure somebody answered this earlier!

Run Ccleaner, click on the applications tab at the top of all the tick boxes and make sure there is a tick in at least "cookies".. though the default is all but saved forms

[spacechimp]

Why can't you just go to the "applications" tab in ccleaner? I'm pretty sure you'll know what to do once you get there.

[anotheoldgit]

CCleaner dosent clean out cookies for firefox yet

Apparently this is the answer I wanted.

No one else know about this?

[spacechimp]

No, CCleaner categorically does clear out cookies for Firefox. Do as I said.

[Rollo]

I agree. Ccleaner does delete cookies that were deposited on my computer via Firefox - I vave the box ticked to get it to do that.

What has not been mentioned is that if there are cookies you do not want Ccleaner to delete you can stop them being deleted by clicking

Options > Cookies, then moving them from the left hand pane to the right hand pane. This works for cookies downloaded via both IE and Firefox.