Andavari
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I feel more secure
Yeah, but as if Microsoft wouldn't know in the first place via Automatic Updates. After all WinXP was called the "Spyware OS" many years ago by some tech people. I too have nothing to worry about since my XP OS is completely legit.
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Also some people with legal copy of Windows maybe gets identified as non-legal for some reasons, etc.
That already happened to someone on the Hydrogenaudio.org forums some time ago but I don't remember if it was WGA related or not.
It would be as stupid as the Police arresting someone for driving the car they own and trying to say they stole it when in fact they didn't.
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They are special folders and perhaps have become unregistered in the Windows registry. Perhaps DJLizard's Dial-a-fix can fix it.
Or in 'Control Panel->Appearance and Themes->Display->Desktop->Customize Desktop' they've become unticked, well that can get the My Documents folder back however there isn't an option to hide/unhide the Recycle Bin.
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Agreed! It's a very logical path for CCleaner to go hence other similiarly minded applications create the .reg backups in their own program files folder, typically an Undo folder.
To add to the suggestion:
* The ability to have a Backups button in CCleaner itself that would either list all the .reg backups, or just open the folder.
* The ability to restore or delete the .reg backups within CCleaner itself. Of course this would require a Restore and Delete button.
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Yeah Windows 9x implemented LFN, however there's still an MS-DOS filename attached to longer filenames so that they can be accessed in MS-DOS mode on the OSes.
For example:
Windows: C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe
MS-DOS: C:\Progra~1\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe
Strangely some programs that have an autostart parameter in the Run section of the registry still utilize the MS-DOS short name.
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I'd say visit the manufacturer website and look for an updated driver, and/or firmware version that may fix your problems. And formatting would most likely mean you'd lose everything that's already on the device, however if it isn't a driver or firmware issue that may be all you can do to get it to work properly again.
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Sometimes an adapter can be used to plug a USB mouse to a ps2 slot.
I think just about any Microsoft USB mouse typically comes with the adapter, well the last three I've bought have, not sure about other brands.
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CCleaner hasn't detected any Flash registry issues on my system, I was using Flash 9 Beta, and now the final build of version 9 for Internet Explorer, Opera, and Firefox.
However, RegSeeker on the otherhand will want to remove some registry data from Flash if you let it, I'm unsure however think it's only for the Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin. This can be copied and pasted into the RegSeeker exclude.ini file so that it will ignore Flash:
# Start of protection for: Adobe Macromedia Flash Player0|Interface\{D27CDB6C-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}0|Interface\{D27CDB6D-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}0|FlashFactory.FlashFactory0|FlashFactory.FlashFactory.10|FlashProp.FlashProp.10|MacromediaFlashPaper.MacromediaFlashPaper0|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash0|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.10|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.30|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.40|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.50|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.60|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.70|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.80|ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.9# End of protection for: Adobe Macromedia Flash Player -
Are you talking about your web browser history, or ZoneAlarm's 'C:\Windows\Internet Logs folder' ?
In any event both are safe to clean.
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A simple program files folder for the installation would suffice with a proper uninstall routine, namely an uninstall.exe file along with either an uninstall.dat/install.dat, or uninstall.ini/install.ini file for the source files installed so the uninstaller would know exactly what to remove.
Don't forget people were and probably still are manually deleting the \Windows\NtUninstall folders in the first place, CCleaner just offered a quicker way of removing them.
I'm here to see what the CCleaner fix is and what can be done to ensure that everybody has the best possible solution here.
You need to contact the CCleaner developer MrG via a PM then. There's no sense in this being public and all because I think someone is bound to get pissed off.
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LoL, what is that neighberaaron, I've never seen that before.
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Blame Microsoft!
If they would start doing things in proper fashion by actually having a real uninstaller without the constant bulls**t of having end-users jump through hoops then it wouldn't even be an issue. Would it?
IE7 Beta and WMP 11 Beta aren't the only apps in the illustrious MS history that don't have an uninstaller, there are in fact a number of MS apps that are a royal pain to get rid of without some third-party offering an uninstall parameter or an uninstaller such as the recent dubious and unclear installation of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications which isn't a security update and has to be removed by a third-party app called RemoveWGA, which happens to work very well.
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Windows XP has a "bug/quirk" I'd call it that for some reason may inadvertently cause the floppy drive to randomly engage. It's more an annoyance if you've recently placed files onto a floppy disk using 'Copy To' or 'Move To' in Explorer. I've seen the floppy drive get engaged randomly using CCleaner and other programs many days after copying or moving files onto a floppy disk.
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Good one Eldmannen!
More MS bashing with a quick edit to change what's being thrown away:
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so which boxes did you UNcheck before deleting or (run cleaner) ?
The boxes that are checked by default are for the most part fine to leave checked, unless you have Microsoft Office installed. If you have Microsoft Office installed and you let CCleaner clean it you'll lose all your settings in Word, and a few other MS Office applications.
Before you enable items under 'Advanced' you may want to search the forum using the search function or ask if you can't find the info yourself to find out what they do exactly. I personally only use the 'Custom Files and Folders' under Advanced and occasionally enable the 'Hotfix Uninstallers' to remove old Windows/Microsoft Updates uninstall files that I know I won't be removing.
If you are in any way nervous using a particular setting under 'Advanced' make sure you create a System Restore point first to undo any significant system changes.
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it also blocks softpedia
I had emailed the maintainer of it about 1 or 2 months ago, and was given a link to their forums (don't remember the exact page) which basically didn't tell me jack s**t and I wasn't going to take the time to investigate the reasons why. About the only useful info I got from the email was something about adware.
However, I happen to like Softpedia.com for their 100% reward, and removed it from my local HOSTS file. Also I've never gotten any infection (adware, etc.,) downloading software from Softpedia.com for over the past year which is why I wish some explainations were in the hpHOSTS File like the comments next to an entry which MVPS.org add's into their HOSTS file. It is however an easy fix to use a text editors search funtion to find our favourite sites and remove them from being blocked.
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Thats an interesting link.
I have never heard of that company but I might just have to try some of their programs(i probably wouldnt trust the AV but a free full featured firewall sounds nice).
Their website is blocked for some reason or another by the hpHOSTS HOSTS File.
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Wish me luck in uninstalling her Nortons as this has caused me grief in the past!
Look for the Norton Uninstaller (not exactly sure that's what it's called) on Symantec's website. You do have to be careful if you're going to manually remove Norton references in the registry because I've seen that Windows places some compatibility keys in the registry for Norton products, even if no Norton products have ever been installed.
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Cool! Glad to hear the icons are tweaked because on Win98 the desktop icon looks a bit jagged.
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Good news to hear! As always thank you MrG!
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Solution: When CCleaner won't install (Windows)
First start by reading the official documentation for solutions to install problems.Windows 10:
Do not rename the downloaded installer file, for example if it's named ccsetup561.exe leave it as is. If the installer file is renamed to something else such as CCleaner v561.exe, etc., there's a chance the installation will fail. This is specifically on Windows 10 computers.
Special Note:
Microsoft Windows 10 will not allow you to use old versions of CCleaner.Error opening file for writing:
Screenshot:
If when attempting to update CCleaner to a newer version you encounter an error dialog that reads Error opening file for writing try these instructions by Nergal to remedy the issue:On 16/12/2018 at 13:11, Nergal said:This warning is usually accompanied by ccleaner still running. Make sure ccleaner is fully exited including smart clean monitoring. Check task manager for ccleaner.exe or ccleaner64.exe. Kill those instances then manully delete the file c:\program files\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe (or the file listed in the error message). Finally click retry.
Other possible solutions when CCleaner won't install:
- Make sure the installer file isn't named CCleaner.exe, if it is rename it to the original filename, example: ccsetup561.exe
- Make sure the installer file ends with the .exe extension.
- Download and save the installer file into your Downloads folder and start the installation from there, don't select Open or Run from within your web browser. Credits go to Hazelnut for this tip.
- Exit running programs that may interfere, or temporarily disable them, i.e.; antivirus software, etc. Note: Under normal circumstances you should not have to do this.
- Make sure CCleaner isn't already running. To find out if it is open Task Manager to see if it's in the list of running processes. This is important since it can help remedy installation failure and a proceeding dialog that reads as Error opening file for writing.
- Reboot/restart your computer.
- Cold boot (aka "hard boot" or "dead start") your computer. To do this shutdown/turn off your computer, and then turn it on.
- Try to install CCleaner in Safe Mode. Credits go to Hazelnut for this tip.
- Make sure the installer isn't trying to install into a non-standard location. Credits go to srom for this tip.
- Try a clean installation of CCleaner. To do this uninstall CCleaner, restart your computer, and then reinstall CCleaner. Note: Doing this will cause you to lose your CCleaner configuration such as Cookies to Keep, etc., and you'll have to reconfigure it with your preferences. Warning: If in the past you've had considerable difficulty getting CCleaner to successfully install do not uninstall your working version.
- If the above attempts fail download the Portable version of CCleaner, then unzip it to use CCleaner, you can even unzip it into the folder where an older version of CCleaner is installed to update it. Note: If you update an old already installed version using the Portable version make sure you delete the portable.dat file (which will be located in the same folder you unzipped CCleaner into) before launching the new version of CCleaner.
- If you're still having issues after trying everything listed above post a bug report.
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Hazelnut found this external post about another won't install cause, and the solution:
If you have DEP or ASLR set to Always On please read this post by safeguy on Wilders Security forum:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ccleaner-v4-04-4197.350964/#post-2258761
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Also Important:
If manually updating, only download CCleaner from the official website:
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Out of curiousity (and slightly off topic), do you plan on using Intel or AMD?
Although this question wasn't asked to me I think I'll go with a powerful AMD next time (maybe top of the line, or 1 step down from the top processor) due to my Intel P4 @ 3.2Ghz taking so much juice, and when doing something which I consider simple like encoding music and then having to hear the processor heat buildup start making the fans go into a hyper-fast speed that's pretty noisy for my individual tastes.
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I use Avast! Etrust EZ Antivirus Is good but I feel no need in paying for it.
In the many years I've used the now old and dead freeware InoculateIT PE from many years ago which became eTrust EZ Antivirus I've never had a virus, worm, or trojan that I know on two systems.
Not to knock Avast, but it has always given me false positives, and the default GUI which looks like a media player is a big turn-off - and yeah I already know it can be disabled.
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I just wish the installer was a bit more like that in v3.5 which would allow the guard to be disabled during installation. However I guess they want people to at least try out the full commercial product for 30 days so they can decide if they wish to purchase it or not. A complete disabling via the program itself would be nice versus going through services.msc, but a few antivirus apps are also that way nowadays however they can be a bit more tricky as you can disable the systray icon but real-time protection may still be running unseen in the background.
RE: Cleaning Internet Logs
in CCleaner
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The .rdb file, and the .ldb are your configuration of ZoneAlarm and shouldn't be messed with (hint you can periodically back them up so you'll never lose your configuration). The .tmp, .log, .txt files are the files CCleaner can clean.
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There's an 'Internet Logs' winapp2.ini entry here that will take care of more ZoneAlarm Internet Logs folder files, it will even take care of TruVector's huge in filesize crash/dump .zip archives it creates when a critical error happens.