McJ

Alright. All CCleaner registry keys (and their tree counterparts) removed from registry. MS Config reports no Start Up items. Yet still, CCleaner reports that "CCleaner.exe" is among start up keys, as referenced in my picture above. Wonder where on Earth it's pulling this information from, because it sure isn't from my registry. Any ideas where I can get the previous version from?

I'll try that now. What I have done is deleted this registry key. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder\CCleaner.exe] Now. That removes thes "CCleaner.exe" from MS Config > Startup, but amazingly the entry still exists within CCleaner > Tools > Start Up. Time for some more evasive registry hacking methinks

Thanks Davey. Details below. Provide a list of your CCleaner.ini file.( Tick option for Save settings to INI file at Options > Advanced then close CCleaner.This file will be created in C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder.) [Options] Language=1033 UpdateKey=06/09/2008 04:41:50 AM WINDOW_MAX=1 WINDOW_LEFT=0 WINDOW_TOP=0 WINDOW_WIDTH=620 WINDOW_HEIGHT=450 (App)Autocomplete Form History=True (App)Desktop Shortcuts=True (App)Start Menu Shortcuts=True (App)Old Prefetch data=True (App)Menu Order Cache=True (App)Tray Notifications Cache=True (App)Window Size/Location Cache=False (App)User Assist History=True (App)IIS Log Files=True (App)Hotfix Uninstallers=True (App)Custom Folders=True MSG_CONFIRMCLEAN=False Are you using a winapp2.ini file? No Are you running with Administrator privileges. Yes CCleaner version ? 2.08.588 OS,edition ,32bit or 64bit and version ? Windows Vista SP1 32Bit Browsers and ver.? I.E 7.0 Security software and ver? Kaspersky AntiVirus 7.0.1.325 What did you do and then what happened? Upgraded from previous version.

Hiya. Some very odd happenings with v2.08.588 on Windows Vista SP1. I'll post two screenshots to demonstrate. What are "uninst.exe" and "CCleaner.exe" doing as entries here? If I attempt to remove or disable these two entries from CCleaner > Tools > Start Up, CCleaner physically removes the "uninst.exe" from the system and then generates an error (see pic 2). I've never encountered this behaviour before, and I've been using CCleaner for years. FYI. When installing, I did NOT select for CCleaner to run during startup.