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Font Cache: 1. Open CCleaner, and in the Windows (tab) scroll down to: System 2. Untick: Font Cache If you use ccleaner.ini instead of the registry for your CCleaner settings, you can also optionally exclude Font Cache by pasting in (example): Exclude1=FILE|C:\Windows\System32\|FNTCACHE.DAT|0|0|24 Windows.old: This will only show as available when the folder actually exists on the hard disk/SSD after a major Windows Upgrade. Since it isn't showing you can instead input C:\Windows.old as an exclusion in: Options > Exclude Note: If it doesn't let you input the exclusion just make a new C:\Windows.old folder so that it's select-able via the CCleaner GUI. If you use ccleaner.ini instead of the registry for your CCleaner settings, this will work to exclude it by pasting in (example): Exclude2=PATH|C:\Windows.old\|*.*||0|0|24 If you input exclusions that will mean even if you accidentally enable/re-enable those cleaners they won't work at all, and thus you'll still have protection against any possible damage. -------------- Edit: Some of those possibly system damaging bugs are the sole reason I decided to update to the newest version. The newest version really isn't all that bad. If you decide to update to the newest version: Open CCleaner and go into 'Options > Privacy' and make a decision.

If you're using the newest version of CCleaner v5.48.6834: 1. Open CCleaner. 2. Go into: Options > Smart Cleaning 3. Untick the boxes. 4. The next time you start Windows make sure it isn't still running.

I am too, those registry backup files exist on my system however they're all zero bytes, so no backup. I've installed Tweaking.com Registry Backup (freeware), that way I have a known good registry backup.

Geek Uninstaller which is freeware, has a Force Removal option located in the menu at: Action > Force Removal Although I don't know how thorough the freeware version is, since they also have a paid version claiming "thorough removal".

At least those older systems will continue getting signature files. The problem with using an older system is a big lack of choices when it comes to antivirus, some users may even have to resort to using something they don't like at all.

To keep passwords and login information you need to configure Cookies to Keep: https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/choosing-which-cookies-to-keep

If you're going to use an old version you'll need know of a couple bad bugs. There's things you shouldn't ever clean with an old version as it may damage your Windows installation. Note what I'm listing below seems more Windows 10 related -- but still, I personally wouldn't chance using either of these on any Windows OS when using an old version of CCleaner. Untick to disable the cleaning of: * Font Cache * Windows.old

That's usually where registered software store that info in an encrypted key. And I don't know where that would be to delete the key since I've only ever used the free version, and now only the portable free version.

You can safely clean both. Also see the CCleaner Documentation to understand what it's cleaning. Windows Error Reporting: I would personally not clean that one as it allows submitting error reports to Microsoft which can result into bugs getting fixes in future updates, and Windows itself will or should remove them after they're submitted to Microsoft. Internet Cache: This is just what your web browsers have downloaded, i.e.; the images displayed on web pages and what's contained in those web pages such as audio or video, etc., which allows them to load faster when you revisit pages since those elements won't have to be re-downloaded so instead they're just loaded directly from your local storage (hard disk, SSD, etc.).

Another reason why CCleaner may not show restore points: In Windows 10 System Restore may have never been turned on (enabled). To learn how to turn on (enable) System Restore in Windows 10 view these instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/237230/how-to-enable-system-restore-and-repair-system-problems-on-windows-10/ Important: Also make sure you've made a System Image Backup (works with Windows 7, 8, 10): https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/

It's a cracked version, as seen in the top of the search here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=SadeemPC If I were you I'd virus scan that PC since if they've put cracked software on it there could be malware on it. See item 10 listed in the rules here for getting a diagnosis to make sure the PC is clean: https://forum.piriform.com/announcement/15-forum-rules/

Smells like B.S. in my opinion - wasn't going to reply in here but oh well. Just more crap for me to block which may reverse my decision of using the newest version altogether.

If the above doesn't work also see this post by Stephen, and follow the link in the post to see if it fixes the issue.

While Avast owns Piriform and CCleaner you will likely get much better and timely help on the official Avast forums located at: https://forum.avast.com/

What's got antivirus giving false positives is the new digital certificate, and since it's new it has a "low reputation" which is explained by here by Stephen.

I doubt they'd remove it since Avast owns them and is likely calling the shots. For reference: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/business/avast-buys-piriform-the-company-behind-ccleaner-and-recuva/

Possibly a disk error causing it. Rather this helps or not try running chkdsk /r on the drive using either Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell with Admin privileges. Depending upon the drive capacity it can take several hours to complete.

If you want to keep your login details you'll need to configure which Cookies to Keep, as seen here: https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/choosing-which-cookies-to-keep/

Using that disk imaging tool you mentioned (or others) is likely the only way you'll be able to backup restore points, along with everything else on the drive too.

Cheap/reliable HDD's, just buy a name brand you're already familiar with. As with any HDD as soon as you get it don't put anything on it right away, instead run chkdsk /r on the drive first to check for any possible errors.

If someone manually uses Check for updates in Updates & Security it really makes no sense to offer it in my opinion, and why isn't it just fetching normal Automatic Updates like security patches, Windows Defender updates, etc., that a user can manually invoke at a given time because they have the time. I don't really understand why it isn't one of those things where it will only get offered via an Automatic Update regardless if something manually clicks Check for updates. Maybe they should seriously re-think how Check for updates works!

If it's a heat issue why not get one of those laptop stands with little feet on the back. I've had one of those since day one, it raises the back of the laptop about 1 inch off the table for more air flow. It also helps prevent the laptop from getting heat-soaked on the bottom and prevents throttling since it isn't technically sitting directly on the table surface it's just the little feet on the stand that are, so it prevents the table absorbing heat and then releasing it right back into the laptop bottom casing. A good free quick and cheap way to test that would be to use some water bottle caps taped onto the bottom of the laptop, then have the laptop do something taxing to see if it throttles or not.

I wonder if it was because it was a standard image instead of a clone, and I'm surprised actually that a standard image would work to fully restore it. I've been wondering that myself such as what if at some point my boot M.2 SSD failed, all I have to restore from are standard images I've made created using Macrium Reflect Free, and the disk imaging built into Windows 10.

Where you able to fully restore the system using just a standard disk image that backs up all of the Windows partitions, or was it a disk clone? Also did you have the laptop plugged into the power brick when attempting the restore? ---------------- Perhaps before making any future disk images run chkdsk /f on the SSD first, I always do that before making any backup image. On an old laptop with an HDD maybe two or so years ago that I couldn't get Macrium to successfully finish creating a disk image on was because of some disk error(s). However on that laptop chkdsk /f didn't help either, I instead had to run chkdsk /r to perform a full surface scan which corrected errors, and only then did Macrium finish without issue. I know this is the exact opposite because you were trying to restore, however I wonder if a disk error could cause a restore to fail. I had read online a few months ago that SSD's can have bad blocks too.

Be glad it detected it as an SSD and not an HDD, since it often gets that wrong. The wrong manufacturer info is interesting and with SSDs you have to look up who the Controller and the NAND are made by. For instance a different model number of that SSD has a Silicon Motion Controller and Micron NAND.