In a Brave Browser > New Window or New Private Window, type in the URL address field:
“https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=” (no quotes)
When the YouTube webpage is displayed, save it as a Bookmark.
If you want to include a few Bookmarks that have their Search Query prepared, then you would use the same string . . . and add your query (let’s say: Brave Browser Extensions) like so:
“https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Brave+Browser+Extensions” (no quotes)
So, the closest you might get, for now, would be a Bookmark.
Meanwhile, it sounds like CCleaner probably dislocated a Windows Registry setting.
Probably, it will help you a lot, to get into the habit of daily:
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Manually back up your Internet browsers’ Bookmarks and save them to some location that will withstand any recovery / restoration demands
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Somehow back up your passwords (I keep recommending 1Password - but YMMV)
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Windows OS users, Create a System Restore Point
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Brave Browser for Windows OS users – Locate the BraveSoftware directory at
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware
and .zip compress that folder (assuming you have WinZip installed). Give the resulting compressed file, a date stamp - in effect - for its name; for example: 20220212_Saturday_BraveBKUP.zip
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Brave Browser for Mac OS users – Locate the BraveSoftware directory at
/Users/user_shortname/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware
and .zip compress that folder (this .zip compression ability is built-in – look in the Finder menu under File, for Compress . . .). Give the resulting compressed file, a date stamp - in effect - for its name; for example: 20220212_Saturday_BraveBKUP.zip
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PS.