Excluding hp printer temp files from CCleaner?

Hi ...

Help? I can't figure out how to run CCleaner without messing up my printer. Longish explanation follows below. Thanks.

I always come here when I feel like a complete idiot. Well, obviously not every time I feel that way, just when I absolutely can't figure out how to do something even when I think I've read all the directions. :cry Enough self-effacement, here is my issue:

I am trying to figure out how come I keep losing my internet connection (get message that two IP addresses are competing/something or other). So, rather than keep running the diagnostic in IE that restores my connection, I thought I might have a malware problem.

So, I went to the "read & run me first" link and removed one malware from the programs list (some viewer thingy). Now I'm on the CCleaner step, and have run into a problem I used to have with HD Valet. I have an HP printer that stores log information in the temp directory. If those temp files are removed, the printer has to be re-installed. I used to be able to protect those files with a simple command exclude to *hp*.* in the temp folder. No, I didn't figure it out myself, they had an option "exclude x files."

Anyway, it is clear that my computer needs some maintenance, but I don't want to ph*k up my printer.