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Recuva Portable download link found on this page does not work: http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds Clicking it instead redirects to the main page http://www.piriform.com Edit: Nevermind, I followed the link in the Announcement thread that uses non-secure, however it does work using HTTPS: https://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds

The only other things I can think of are: 1. Make sure you've actually deleted it from the PortableApps folder, typically this will be located in: C:\PortableApps 2. If it's still being detected download NirSoft SearchMyFiles note that it may cause your antivirus to falsely detect it. In SearchMyFiles search for on all hard disks: chrome* If it finds chrome.dll or chrome.exe you can right-click either of them from within SearchMyFiles to directly open the folder either are located in. Yeah. If using any detectable and cleanable Chrome/Chromium browser that will happen.

Were you using Google Chrome Portable from PortableApps.com, or something else? If it's from PortableApps.com: Their launchers will allow a browser to create the AppData it needs to function, and then when closing the browser that launcher will delete that AppData. That is if the browser or Windows hasn't crashed, etc. Usually the leftovers are as stated before something left within AppData, usually caused by a crash. You may need Admin rights on your PC to delete the AppData. Edit 2: Found this rather interesting from the PortableApps.com site from the provided link above. Perhaps that's why you're having issues getting rid of it, but I don't know for sure since I've never used Google Chrome Portable.

Perhaps it was a graphics driver issue, make sure yours are up-to-date including any bug fix patches that may be available.

I've revisited this again and found something, although I don't know if it's the reason or not. I wonder if this is the cause (taken from the cleaning routine in CCleaner v5.18.5607): Notice the "Section = Chrome" part in the above cleaner, it's the only Google Chrome cleaner I found that has that in it, and usually when in the winapp2.ini file it would instead be "Section=Chrome" with no space in the naming. It's weird for it to be in that built-in default cleaner since it already has a LangSecRef area which would mean there's no need for Section= since we use those to skip using LangSecRef when making a winapp2.ini cleaning routine. I wonder if it could be causing the History to be skipped?

That's because allot of software leaves registry keys behind, and AppData ("Application Data") stored in the User Profile. As for Avast Antivirus and SuperAntiSpyware both have an optional uninstaller tool available on their websites that should more fully remove them from the system which would include getting rid of left-over registry keys and files stored on the hard disk. Edit: Note that SuperAntiSpyware is notorious for not fully uninstalling using the built-in uninstaller! Here's the SuperAntiSpyware Uninstaller Assistant: http://www.superantispyware.com/supportfaqdisplay.html?faq=47

Here's a general search for it that will show search results for multiple operating systems: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=google+chrome+path Usually it's going to install into one of your user profile AppData folders not the Admin profile, unless your profile is actually that Admin profile.

If you had Chrome entries in the registry did you first check to make sure it wasn't actually installed? There's tons of installers out there that include it, and if you've ever quickly clicked through an installer you can end up with it installed. Other places CCleaner will detect it will be located in your Application Data ("AppData") folder(s).

Doing a search does show a very small handful of 5TB SSD drives - how legit the drives are I don't know.

If you're going to do what you mention in post #1 I'd recommend asking on the Macrium forums, as they're more likely to know if you can or can't do that.

Assuming you meant 5.18, however if not the newest version is available at: https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds Try the Slim build from that page link listed above to avoid your antivirus or other security software causing installation issues.

Possibility the system icons could need refreshed.

I noticed it before the HTTPS change when I'd have a new browser tab, or new browser window open - primarily when dealing with spammers.

Several people have asked for the ability to right-click files/folders to secure delete them, like in this recent post. I like your ideal too if I'm correctly understanding it. Are you referring to being able to drag 'n' drop files/folders onto the cleaner window so that CCleaner can then secure delete them? Of so that would be very useful. It's something which is long overdue to be implemented.

That's been happening before they implemented HTTPS.

If you use community winapp2.ini I think there's additional cleaner(s) to empty the DOMStore folder. Or you can use a single cleaner for it by saving it in a file named winapp2.ini and save it in the same folder where CCleaner.exe is located: [DOMStore*] LangSecRef=3001 Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer Default=False FileKey1=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore|*.*|RECURSE If you use it, it will show up in: Cleaner > Applications (tab) > Internet Explorer > DOMStore*

You can untick Empty Recycle Bin. It's located in: Cleaner > Windows (tab) > System > Empty Recycle Bin If it's not respecting the setting change your CCleaner settings may be corrupt and not saving.

It does. Perhaps worth changing the bookmark anyways.

That topic you reference is what the mod staff was told back then at that time by the then active admin of the forums which led to the posting of that topic since so many (actually too many) people were requesting account removal. I'll ask the question again to the brand new admin's to see if they can or can't.

With Windows 10 I won't clean the registry with CCleaner or anything else with a registry cleaner, still too risky. Perhaps let Win10 age more, and more importantly the cleaning software mature more and get updates to have better exclusions so things aren't so very easily broken.

My opinion: Then it's a best practice to avoid it and don't use it. I pretend it's not even in CCleaner as dup finders end up causing problems especially if people start haphazardly deleting system files which could have multiple copies on any given system. Supposedly according to Piriform it verifies files as dups via a checksum/hash which is NOT visible to the end-user (I personally think it should show the checksum/hash) to determine dups - like how Nirsoft's HashMyFiles does. And Piriform didn't state what strength/level the checksum/hash was when questioned if it did any verification - if it's by chance CRC32 (and I hope not) that's utterly useless and should never be trusted, and if it's MD5 now according to some security experts MD5 isn't secure anymore either, but since they don't say what it uses I've no ideal.

You'd only need to use that workaround of using the Portable build until they fix whatever is causing setup errors on multiple different versions of Windows for some users.

You can update using the portable ZIP version, instructions here: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=5739

Try the Simply Overwrite (1 pass). I think it's been known for years that using more than 1 pass doesn't really work, and this affects multiple tools - not just CCleaner.

Faulty/failing Graphics Card or RAM can also cause the system to shutdown - usually doesn't take a full hour though for it to start causing problems. Problem with all that heat buildup is it can damage other components. What I had back in December 2015 was a Graphics Card fan died and killed the card completely and it took out a stick of RAM with it.