Alan_B

1. Do not panic. Wait for expert advice before trying your luck with fixes that may do more damage. 2. A screnn shot of Windows Disc Management might assist those that can help

I am not aware of ANY 32 bit Windows Application that would have inferior operation on a 64 bit machine, the only consequence is that only half of the 64 bit data buss is used, and it is restricted to less than 4 GB of address space. I really doubt that Slitaz on your 256 MB USB stick would even realise that it was running on 64 bit hardware - it should work the same as on 32 bit hardware. N.B. I assume that Linux developers are more user friendly than Microsoft, and do not go out of their way to incorporate WGA and DRM etc pitfalls.

Please note that you can simply change the extension from REG to TXT and then the file can be attached - no need to zip. I am confused about your hopes and expectations of CCleaner. The Registry Cleaner aims at redundant keys that designate something which is no longer present. If the context menu can still launch an on-demand installer then what the key designates is very probably still present, and so is outside the "rules of enemy engagement". You might however have a valid BUG to report if your unwanted NCH context menu action is active BUT CCleaner fails to show it under Tools / Startup / "Context Menu". Was that the case ?

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Your quoted model does not seem to exist, I searched the WD site and was told http://www.wdc.com/w...BK-NESN&x=0&y=0 You are probably better off asking WD or their user forums for specific advice, but first I suggest that you get a viable link that selects the specific product and manual. Your problem is way beyond me, But Keatah may have more usefull advice when he comes back on-line.

If Microsoft and HP can modify the Microcode, what can stop malware from doing mischief to the Microcode ? At 21:05 G.M.T. this is me wishing all my readers pleasant dreams - or otherwise

In the past I have often recovered from a defective update by restoring a Partition Image backup of C:\. How can one fix a CPU with damaged "processor microcode" ? http://www.techrepub...-june-2013/7846 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2818604 I was not even aware that a software update could modify silicon.

I never have a problem burning ISO's with freeware ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/ I find CD's are better than DVD's For VBox try http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

Super nasty - not nice. That would probably waste processor power with services constantly monitoring browsers to detect closure and launch clean. That also might initiate a clean when the user is launching a new instance of a different browser.

Perhaps you should disconnect from the Internet and disable ALL malware protection when uninstalling. Perhaps you have a problem with Steam or some other cheat protection software. When I launch CC v 4.02.4115 and choose Tools / Uninstall there is an IMMEDIATE display of all 32 items that are ready for selection with the options Run Uninstaller Rename Entry Delete Entry All 32 items are in alphabetic sorted sequence. I cannot replicated any of your problems under 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate + SP1 Where did you download CCleaner from, or was it installed for you my someone else or some other application ? What malware protection do you have running ?

My HP Printer software insisted upon installing drivers to "print to the cloud". I would delete them and they were resurrected when I printed on paper. I then deleted them and replaced them with empty folders that had the same name as the drivers that HP wanted me to have, and then HP obeyed my wishes. There are all sorts of benefits to be had with an empty folder.

Ouch, that is a hazard which never occurred to me. Question - Alternative hazard perhaps. If the "Quick Format" configured the "2TB Western Digital" with settings that did NOT correspond to the format which held the original data, Would that cause either :- extra difficulty for the Rescue of data by tools such as Recuva ; Or extra difficulty in the successful reading and access of any files that have been rescued ? If so is it possible to UN-format and try again with a "better" format ? I ask because when I choose to "Quick Format" a Flash Drive via the context menu, I can choose from a large range of Allocation unit sizes, and use four different formats - NTFS or FAT32 or FAT(Default) or exFAT.

Correction :- On 32 bit XP there is only C:\Program Files\ There is no C:\Program Files (x86)\ On 64 bit Windows 7 there are both, BUT only the 64 bit version of CCleaner64.exe can be expected to cleanup any 64 bit Application junk in addition to 32 bit junk. and CCleaner64.exe belongs in C:\Program Files\ If you ever use C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner.exe you may expect degraded performance.

Could it be malware (e.g. a key-logger) that is masquerading as CCleaner ?

Actually Internet Explorer never closes, it is the mask on the face of the Trident engine that is part of Windows, and whilst Windows is running so is Trident. Third party browsers such as Firefox and Palemoon can be closed and CCleaner warns and can close. I assume this is also true for any other third party browser which is supported by CCleaner.

I suggest you start your own topic, stating version of Windows and specific version numbers of Chrome/Comodo and CCleaner.exe and WinApp2.ini. It would be a waste of time and effort if posts dealing with your issue are intermingled in this topic with its main function of submissions for new entries.

That is NOT its advertised function as I see it. It displays those folders and registry keys which contain entries that cause a start-up. If there is no entry then the folder/key is not reported until an entry is deposited. I suggest that you try Autoruns from Sysinternals. That is devoted to detection and control of anything that auto-starts, though Autoruns itself may only report the folders/keys that have active entries.

The probability is that your USB3 SSD will be doomed to crawl at USB1 speed, because even though the interface may still run at USB3 speed, if the TRIM command is not successfully sent through the USB interface then the SSD firmware will NOT erase the "deleted " LBA until Windows reuses that LBA. Until TRIM was invented the SSD accumulated redundant deleted files, and free space was eroded and the SSD speed went downhill.

If you search the Internet, or ask on other forums, there is software that can run under Windows and rescue data from a drive, even if Windows Explorer cannot see any partitions. Whether it will work on a drive which has hardware errors is another matter. You need to search because I believe it is against forum policy to recommend alternatives to Piriform's products such as Recuva.

Just because CCleaner scans a location is no guarantee that it will see, recognize, and exterminate any malware that is held there. Even dedicated Anti-Virus products fail when a zero-day virus arrives. Even if CCleaner attempts to remove a piece of malware it will be thwarted if the malware has installed itself with highest level access protection. One benefit from using CCleaner is that your A.V. does not have to spend time analyzing junk files that have already been deleted by CCleaner.

A Macrium Reflect image of a NTFS partition can be "mounted" and Recuva considers this invalid and refuses to process it. This is nothing to do with Linux. It MIGHT be due to the fact that Windows permits only read access to the image, and does NOT permit Write access. Strangely, Defraggler is very happy to ANALYZE the mounted image, even though it cannot shuffle fragments around. Since Recuva has no business writing to a partition with lost files, it SHOULD require only a simple code change for Recuva to process write protected partitions that are virtual (mounted) and not real (on an HDD). A Macrium Reflect image of a NTFS partition can be "restored" to unallocated space and Recuva can process that. Perhaps you can do something similar with your DD image, and then perhaps you may need a new topic requiring Recuva to have the ability to process a Linux partition.

I unzipped Portable CCleaner v.4.2.0.4115 to a FAT32 format Flash Drive at F:\CCleaner-402\ I ran CCleaner64.exe and Analyzed and Saved to Text in new folder that I specified - F:\CCleaner-402\Text\. I closed this instance of CCleaner64.exe I launched a previous instance of CCleaner v.4.2.0.4115 which was located at E:\Test\CC\V6\ and previously Saved to Text in E:\Test\CC\V6\Text\ That setting was now corrupted - it NOW defaulted to the location F:\CCleaner-402\Text\ I closed this instance of CCleaner64.exe I safely removed Flash Drive F:\ I launched E:\Test\CC\V6\CCleaner64.exe and it now had a new default I could not save to the missing F:\CCleaner-402\Text\ It had forgotten its previous default of E:\Test\CC\V6\Text\ and reverted to a different default of E:\Test\CC\V6\. CCleaner.ini only holds [Options] UpdateKey=06/05/2013 04:39:05 PM WINDOW_LEFT=425 WINDOW_TOP=486 WINDOW_WIDTH=733 WINDOW_HEIGHT=524 WINDOW_MAX=0 CCleaner makes no attempt to save the "Save to Text" destination within CCleaner.ini, Instead it uses some mysterious Windows resource which alters the operation of other instances of CCleaner, and presumably the Portable version would also change the settings of a normally installed version of CCleaner. Please advise, is this recognised as a Bug that should be fixed, or is it permissible to make permanent changes to the settings of other applications by temporary use of a Flash Drive "Portable" application? Regards Alan

How would CCleaner know which was your account profile that should be cleaned before you have logged in ?

I have an "unused-unconfigured-default" unzip of DF 2.14.[706] under Win7 x64. I have 6 off 1.5 GB files plus a few smaller ones totalling 9.7 GB, and 15.3 GB of free space in a "new" 25 GB NTFS partition W:\ 5 of the 1.5 GB files each have 2 or 3 fragments, and the File List and the coloured map are in agreement - no discrepancies.

I suggest that an empty drive X:\ with no folders or files is a suitable target for files rescued from drive D:\ (for example) If you recover the file D:\A VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG PATH\A VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG FILE NAME TO X:\A VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG PATH\A VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG FILE NAME Then since the original file and path on D:\ are short enough to NOT violate Windows restrictions, then the corresponding items can be save to X:\ If however you identify a rescue attempt by using the folder X:\First recovery attempt on 1st April 2013\ then you reduce the length of the folder and filename length that can be rescued and appended If you use a Drive that already holds other folders and files then use the shortest possible name for your parent folder, e.g. restore to X:\#\