Andavari
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You can manually edit .REG files, however you run the risk of removing too much from it and not fully undoing the changes.
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Perhaps stop using the registry cleaner, especially in Win10.
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I've never tried Geek Uninstaller, although I've read reviews of it. I did try the PortableApps version of Iobit Uninstaller earlier this year and while it was alright I prefer Revo Uninstaller.
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It is not official. And any discussion about it on these forums is prohibited by the owner.
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There's the Iobit Uninstaller, and even a PortableApps portable version here. Caveat: That is if you trust them after Malwarebytes accused them with good evidence of stealing the MBAM database a few years ago.
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It's been known for years to cause that (even before Win10), yet it's still included. Just uncheck the box that cleans it to avoid having the issue.
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To effectively use it enable Secure Deletion, it's located in Options > Settings.
Then if you have a bunch of files you wish to have securely deleted simply delete them as you normally would which will send them into the Recycle Bin. Then open CCleaner and click Run Cleaner, it will securely delete the contents of the Recycle Bin.
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I've had a number of not very old USB sticks go t**s up and suddenly turn from (for example) 8GB into a few MB.
I've had one that was rubbish from the get go, used it once for a copy+paste operation and since it was either damaged or whatever it then caused all sorts of UDMA CRC Error Rate to be logged onto my hard disk the copy was coming from - nothing wrong with the hard disk however.
Dennis the freeware HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool (it's 100% portable standalone) may interest you, it's small and does a good job using a similar interface to the format tool built into Windows. That HP tool fully resurrected what I thought was a dead USB stick that gave Windows and my PS3/PS4 headaches (note it's not the USB stick I was previously mentioning above). It worked whereas the format tool built into Windows couldn't.
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Not stating that at all. I had to use something like YUMI to make a USB stick bootable on my ancient XP PC, and since I'd like to use more than just Macrium Rescue CD from that bootable USB stick I went with YUMI since I can have a small Linux distro on it, antivirus, and other tools like Memtest.
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I don't use Macrium for creating USB sticks with a backup image. I instead use YUMI to create a bootable Linux USB stick, and I use YUMI to install the bootable Macrium software ("Macrium Rescue CD") which is just a very basic scaled down Linux and have YUMI install it as an Other OS, then I manually copy my Macrium image (which are saved with FAT32 partitions in mind without exceeding the 4GB maximum for each file).
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I have Macrium save the image to a secondary hard disk; that image then gets copied twice:
* I have a copy of it on my external USB hard disk, which I can also boot from.
* I have a copy of it on a USB stick which is bootable via YUMI.
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Are they both the same version of CCleaner? It's been asked for that feature to be removed for obvious reasons, even though I don't think Piriform was able to replicate this issue as detailed below.
The issue:
It's been found by a number of people that if you allow CCleaner to delete the Windows.old folder that it can or may break Win10, resulting into having to reinstall the operating system. There's a few topics on the forum where people have had issues with it.
If wanting to remove Windows.old you should instead only use Disk Cleanup which is built into Windows itself to avoid possibly breaking Win10.
References of breakage when using CCleaner to remove Windows.old:
* https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=48135
* https://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=48181
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Probably because most defrag software doesn't really need to be constantly updated. Even some old no longer developed defrag software will run fine on modern Windows PCs - although many seem to have a bit of a hiccup and initial slowness (like 1-2 minutes before they begin doing anything) when analyzing or beginning to defrag larger capacity disks say 1TB or larger, but they still get the job done.
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The main thing is the disk imaging, for instance with Macrium even if a virus (not ransomware) ends up in the backup Macrium allows you to mount the image and copy files out of the disk image manually as if you were copying from disk to disk.
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No command line exists to do that. However as a workaround you could have a separate version of CCleaner in particular CCleaner Portable version and configure it to only clean Chrome and Firefox.
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Allot of antivirus software will also use IE for their auto-updating, as will allot of other software.
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I'd rename the folder to a shorter length, since it won't just be Defraggler that has issues with such a long path/file name but is a Windows limitation itself.
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CCleaner should be looking in the registry to detect it, however it's rather common for it to detect left-over orphaned entries to Office rather it was uninstalled or never installed if the registry keys exist.
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Using the Portable version, I found out when updating a Win10 laptop that the setting to skip UAC became unticked.
Although ticking and enabling it it did function correctly. -
Many defrag programs do use different algorithms, however the two I mentioned don't completely undo what the other has done - and those two also will work alongside Windows Defrag in XP. I wouldn't use Defraggler or Ultra Defrag alongside any other defrag program, and especially Ultra Defrag which seems to want to move everything during a full defrag.
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Changes:
To access the dashboard from the popup panel, a cogs icon has been added. The title bar of the popup panel is no longer clickable.
The title bar being non-clickable is so difficult to get used to.
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Since the installers aren't working for you, and many other people have also been reporting the same issue for several months now you may want to switch to only using the Portable version from now on. With the Portable version you do have to manually unzip it to a folder of your choice to use it, say perhaps:
* C:\PortableApps\CCleanerPortable
* Then if you're on 64-bit Windows create a shortcut that points to CCleaner64.exe, and name the shortcut CCleaner Portable.
* If you're on 32-bit Windows create a shortcut that points to CCleaner.exe, and name the shortcut CCleaner Portable.
The Portable version is available at: https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds
Like I've stated in a previous topic back in May I've had no issues using the Portable version on Windows 10, or any other OS for that matter.
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I wonder what is wrong with software today, I thought it was just gaming that was unoptimized, but it seems like even software are too.
The "current" generation of games specifically referring to PS4 / PS4 Pro like to crash allot, and are generally bug ridden to a hideous flaw. Look at Fallout 4 and it has issues on every platform including PC. The only modern game that has never once crashed on me or given issue is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
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Andavari, are you running or have you ever run Malwarebytes 2 real-time protection on your XP system - if so, have you had any issues?
And I missed this part of your post back in May, only just noticed it today.
After not using MBAM for nearly a year I tried real-time protection in 2.21 early last year but it was too heavy so I wasn't going to pay for that feature, I disabled it minutes after installing MBAM 2.21. Needless to say I never used real-time protection long enough to encounter OS issues other than resource/RAM usage it needed.
Earlier this year when I briefly tried Malwarebytes 3 which fully enables real-time protection it was also too heavy. By too heavy I'm referring to using MBAM/MB alongside a traditional antivirus.
Although the heavy resource/RAM issue is because it was installed on XP. Someone on XP may be able to use Malwarebytes with a non-resource hungry antivirus like the freeware Panda Security (formerly "Panda Free Antivirus") if they don't mind also installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and if said system has the maximum allowed RAM installed - although people doing that also have to remember that web browsers Firefox (Firefox clones) and Chrome (Chrome clones) require allot of RAM themselves on XP.
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That folder location can be added into CCleaner's 'Options->Include' to add the folder location, however that isn't the only folder where DOMStorage resides. It's also in the SystemProfile located in C:\Windows - both areas accumulate data.
Although ticking and enabling it it did function correctly.
Surprising fix for internet signal drop-out on wireless router.
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It could always be a number of things.
Here was a good explanation in a YouTube video from a few days ago: