Fleet Command

Oh, sorry, I made a mistake: Wiping hiberfil.sys is part of an extension that I installed for CCleaner, not itself. (It's awinsys.ini and a bunch of VBScript.) I downloaded this extension from some part of this forum. But still, the good news is that the other things that I said about hiberfil.sys seems correct. (After all the Wikipedia seems crystal-clear about it.)

But you already have the features that you requested. First, not only hiberfil.sys itself is encrypted (See this part of Wikipedia), you already have the option of cleaning hiberfil.sys via CCleaner. (EDIT: Sorry, it was a mistake: This feature is not available in the original CCleaner. It must have been added to my CCleaner when I installed an extension for it.) Second, modern encryption-aware hardware (that is, those which allow full-disk encryption) nowadays do wipe the RAM upon boot. In any case CCleaner is unable to clear encryption keys from memory as it is running when this encryption key is already in use! Besides, it cannot implement a POST-time wiping; it's up to hardware vendor not CCleaner. EDIT: The full name of the spec which hardware must comply with is "TCG Platform Reset Attack Mitigation Specification". (See "Use TCG compliant systems" on Wikipedia) Third, not only pagefile.sys itself is encrypted (See this part of Wikipedia), Windows natively gives you the option to erase pagefile.sys upon shutdown. In any case, it is impossible for CCleaner to delete or tamper pagefile.sys when Windows is running.

Basically, proper notification is a must in a program. When an application is unable to accomplish a certain task, I believe it owes its user a proper notice.

Support: Yes, that would be a good idea.

Support - A good idea. I agree. Oppose - In my humble opinion, it is a bad idea.

The worst idea ever. System Services are far from being a piece of crap for Crap Cleaner (CCleaner) to handle. If you are interested in a utility for handling System Services, download Sysinternals Autoruns from Microsoft corporation, a free utility that allows you to hide Microsoft services and verify services for digital signatures.

Well, think about an algorithm for detection too.

There is already a Startup Manager in CCleaner in Tools tab.

This is a duplicate topic. Another topic with the same subject can be found here: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=24036

^ What other folders do we have in our computers except Windows folder, Document and Seetings folder, Program Files folder and System Volume Information folder? Common man, empty folders aren't really a big deal but having an application delete them is a bit risky. It's a too complicated task with little yield. Let's abandon this task to non-artificial intelligence, i.e. ourselves.

^ Really? I didn't try it myself but since shsaci brought up the suggestion in the first place and said "I decided to pose as a'bad guy' and tried recovering files from my own drive" I though he must have had studied CCleaners secure deletion module carefully.

First, CCleaner does not uninstall any application. It just cleans up their environment. Second, regardless of the fact that telling the difference between the identities of the empty folders and their origin is a cumbersome (and sometimes impossible to accomplish) task for CCleaner (or any application), all the caveats that I have mentioned earliers still apply. Third, you don't really have to shout.

Yeah. I think I can write a Windows PowerShell scriptlet. One more thing to remember to run on each ocassion...

winsys2.ini method is not working properly. For example, although this code works... [Thumbs.db files on Drive K]LangSecRef=3002Default=FalseFileKey1=k:\Images|*.db|RECURSEFileKey2=k:\Images|*.ms|RECURSE ...this one doesn't work at all: [Thumbs.db files on Drive K]LangSecRef=3002Default=FalseFileKey1=k:\Images|Thumbs.db|RECURSEFileKey2=k:\Images|Checklist.ms|RECURSE The second code finds absolutely nothing. EDIT: Same for winapp2.ini. This code works: [Thumbs.db files on Drive K]Section=ExperimentalDefault=TrueDetect=HKLM\SoftwareFileKey1=k:\Images|*.db|RECURSE But this one doesn't: [Thumbs.db files on Drive K]Section=ExperimentalDefault=TrueDetect=HKLM\SoftwareFileKey1=k:\Images|thumbs.db|RECURSE

Thanks. I'm going to suggest it. (I cannot add all subfolders. There are 227 folders and subfolders.)

Thanks. I'll try that. I hope it's not complicated. It's to no use because: I did that but CCleaner only found a single .ms file, the one in the root folder. No .ms from subfolders. I have other files .db extension that are valid database files instead of thumbs.db.

CCleaner does not automatically scan registry unless you explicitly request such a scan. But suggesting a feature deletion is another story entirely. Now, I'm not saying that Registry Cleaning functionality is the holy-grail of the clean up tools. As a matter of fact I personally find CCleaner's Registry Cleaner extremely risky as it more than often finds items that are valid authentic user settings rather than junk. However, everyone seems to feel comfortable having it around, so I do not argue. (But I don't run it either.)

I personally oppose, because deleting empty folders has very little benefit for users but may has some caveats: Empty folders do not occupy any significant disk space Empty folders rarely pose any significant privacy threat. Some empty folders are necessary for applications to run properly. Applications sometimes use them as temporary folders and clean them up every now and them.

Actually, this is a good idea. Obfusication is actually a commonplace and successful method of information disclosure preventation. One method would be to simply rename files to random numeric names and eliminate their file extension. This method is reliable enough.

Hi, everyone. I would like to configure CCleaner to delete files with certain file names (such as checklist.ms, _cache.tmp or thumbs.db) from a folder and all its subfolder every time I perform a cleanup. But I can't get it right. I tried Include or Exclude feature but somehow it not all the files are found. I visited help section too but to no use. Can anyone please tell me how to this? Thanks in advance