oh dear, i'm glad you checked that out. but i have Windows 7 and has worked fine for me...no problems. actually, when hewlett packard "took over" my laptop from their end to do what i don't remember now, they installed it for me. these are what it targets to clean: windows temp, current user temp, all users temp, cookies, temporary internet files, history, prefetch, java cache, recycle bin.

another source online says it varies with the system you have...vista, 2000 etc. i'm not computer savy enough to understand it all but yes, it has worked fine for me. but in light of what you found, i sure won't be updating it! my desktop icons are just fine where they are! lol

there's also a program under System Tools called "disc cleaner". don't really know what that does, just know it's there and too scared to try it!

thanks for posting this, don't want anyone to try something that may cause damage.