Coffee4Joe

April 3

On 20/12/2023 at 07:10, mydsplynm said:

Can I consider this project now dormant?
Twice a year updates are not considered active nor much use, then again this thread is no longer active.

I used to check this site everyday and still weekly but guess it's time for me to delete a bookmark.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

A lot of us just grew apart or got busy with life. It's hardly dormant as long as people still contribute. The winapp2.ini file started as a user control cleaner picking and choosing, sharing info.
Also hi, been awhile

November 6, 2016

Might as well share what I use to update too..

save as .bat and place in your /ccleaner folder

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Coffee4Joe/Update-Winapp2/master/Update-Winapp2.bat

you can add the contents of trim.bat on the bottom so it updates and trims.

September 22, 2016

For example, on this xp box, after booting up the Mint 18 USB stick a couple of times, when going back to xp the wrong time shows in the system tray.
Small problem, easily fixed, but it might be enough to send a rookie user into a tailspin.

That's just a side effect of it using UTC time and Windows using LocalTime. https://mikebeach.org/2011/04/10/windows-linux-dual-boot-system-time-issues/

Probably easier to set Mint to use LocalTime.

September 2, 2016

Updated: https://github.com/MoscaDotTo/Winapp2/commit/c211ae13e5ab6db1c3da3acb3a3c9aeb839decd6

Will the Version # continue to be updated with each update?

August 21, 2016

Having an issue with something in [Coranta*] on Windows 10 Anniversary Update..

After cleaning Cortana* the start menu search will only find programs if I type in the full program name: firefox.exe, powershell.exe, notepad.exe etc.
If I type just the first couple letters I only get results for Documents and Settings.

I can duplicate it by: Cleaning [Cortana*], restart explorer.exe in task manager (or reboot), then searching.

To fix broken search I use this powershell script:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

I do have Cortana turned off in Group Policy. Having it on seems to temporary break it but it automatically fixes itself.

July 2, 2016

Thanks for the update.. Also, Welcome back.

June 13, 2016

For all the self maintainers these should be all the new entries, edits and removals since that last update.

January 24, 2016

I think this was missed in the last update http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=32310&page=266&do=findComment&comment=269247

December 24, 2015

How about these? They are compatible with Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10. The highlighted lines are for Windows 8/8.1.

This works. Sure solves the issue with DetectOS too.

December 23, 2015

Something went wonky. One pc no [store*] showed up, the other two [store*] and two [Cortana*]. But changing it to these seemed to solve it at least for my machines.

Changed [store*] to [store - Windows (version)*]

[Store - Windows 8*]
DetectOS=6.2|
Section=3031
Detect=HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\WinStore_cw5n1h2txyewy
Default=False
FileKey1=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\AppCache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey2=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\INetCache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey3=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\INetCookies|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey4=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\INetHistory|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey5=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey6=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content|*.*
FileKey7=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData|*.*
FileKey8=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey9=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\Windows Store\Cache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey10=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Microsoft\Windows Store\Data|history.dat
FileKey11=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\PRICache|*.*
FileKey12=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\AC\Temp|*.*
FileKey13=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\LocalState\Cache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey14=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\LocalState\LiveTile|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey15=%LocalAppData%\Packages\WinStore_*\LocalState\navigationHistory|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey16=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows Store\Cache Medium IL|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey17=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows Store\Cache|*.*|RECURSE
RegKey1=HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\WinStore_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHistory

[Store - Windows 10*]
DetectOS=10.0|
Section=3031
Default=False
Detect=HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe
FileKey1=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\INetCache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey2=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\INetCookies|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey3=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\INetHistory|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey4=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey5=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey6=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\Temp|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey7=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\AC\TokenBroker\Cache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey8=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\LocalCache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey9=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\LocalState\Cache|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey10=%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsStore_*\TempState|*.*|RECURSE

December 19, 2015

You're right, these entries work with DetectOS=10.0 except for the [store*] entry, as there is one already there with the same name. How should we handle this now?

I tried with both [store*]'s, the one you posted and the one already in winapp2.ini. Only the new one showed. So at least they are separate.. But it might need a rename so a duplicate finder doesn't remove one.

You're correct! There was one value that was being removed and that was causing the issue. Please look at the attached snapshot.

This works! I was fiddling with the the FileKey so that explains why I couldn't get it.

December 15, 2015

Added FileKey9


[Skype Temporary Files*]
LangSecRef=3022
Detect=HKCU\Software\Skype
Default=False
FileKey1=%AppData%\Skype\DbTemp|*.*|RECURSE
FileKey2=%AppData%\Skype|*.tmp|RECURSE
FileKey3=%AppData%\Skype\|*.db-journal|RECURSE
FileKey4=%AppData%\Skype\*\simcache|*.*
FileKey5=%AppData%\Skype\*\httpfe|*.*
FileKey6=%AppData%\Skype\*\ecache|*.*
FileKey7=%AppData%\Skype\DataRv|*.*
FileKey8=%AppData%\Skype\*\media_messaging\media_cache|*.*
FileKey9=%AppData%\Skype\*\media_messaging\media_cache*|*.*
FileKey10=%AppData%\Skype\*\media_messaging\storage_db\asyncdb\tmp|*.*
FileKey11=%AppData%\Skype\*\media_messaging\media_cache\asyncdb\tmp|*.*
FileKey12=%AppData%\Skype\*\qikdb\tmp|*.*
FileKey13=%AppData%\Skype\*\logs|*.*
FileKey14=%UserProfile%\Tracing\WPPMedia\*.*|RECURSE

December 13, 2015

The Metro Apps entries I provided above do not work with DetectOS=10.0|, but they do work when DetectOS=10.0| is not there.

I tested DetectOS=10.0 without the pipe | and it worked for me. Then tested DetectOS=11 and it didn't show on 10. Also tried 10.1-10.9, only the 10.0 one appeared.

I can't seem to find a explanation on what the pipe does. What I thought it did didn't work. I see 4 different uses between winapp2.ini and winapp.ini

(6.3 for example)

DetectOS=6.3

DetectOS=6.3|6.3

DetectOS=|6.3

DetectOS=6.3|

December 11, 2015

those DetectOS's should work fine. They show on 10 but not 8/8.1.

November 28, 2015

URGENT

Weather, Store and Xbox Metro Apps entries are causing these apps to constantly crash in Windows 10.

I think it's related to [Notification Cache*]

November 20, 2015

Added RegKey4

[SketchUp Make*]
LangSecRef=3021
Detect=HKCU\Software\SketchUp
Default=False
FileKey1=%AppData%\SketchUp\SketchUp *\SketchUp|~*.tmp
RegKey1=HKCU\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2013\Recent File List
RegKey2=HKCU\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Recent File List
RegKey3=HKCU\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2015\Recent File List
RegKey4=HKCU\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2016\Recent File List

November 8, 2015

I sure know how to wake up a thread

Does anyone want to see if they can reproduce these steps that cause the app crash. On Win10 the error log for Bing Weather gave me 0x803e0102 which pointed me to this article .

Didn't really give an answer but it pointed me to try cleaning [Notification Cache*] and [bing Weather*] together. After a reboot Weather app will close immediately after launching.

If it does crash here's the powershell command to fix it. (Run as admin)

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

November 8, 2015

@CSGalloway I don't understand your post, it looks like you just copy pasted the post notification email that anyone gets when it a thread is subscribed to. What was the point/question you're attempting to make? Edit: it looks like also that you didn't notice took back his entry that you quoted, as it broke things

Sorry if I triggered a new post alert, I thought I was onto something with fixing [bing Weather*] but it flopped completely so I removed it.

November 8, 2015

Tested [bing Weather*] with ExcludeKey1=FILE|%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.BingWeather_*\AC\*\|container.dat

It seemed to fix the issues with app auto closing on launch, but Keeping Container.dat broke the map section.

Edit: Still crashes after rebooting. Tried expanding away from the Weather entry to exclude container.dat in [Feeds Cache*] and [internet Explorer*] with no luck

Edit2: experiment was a bust.

ublock users · October 24, 2015

I just noticed it now has thunderbird support. wohoo!

ublock users · October 5, 2015

I've had no issues with ublock origin. I didn't really pay attention to all the eDrama surrounding it but stuck with origin because gorhill was the original creator.

September 8, 2015

Revised Entry: [HuluPlus*]

In my original submission of [HuluPlus*] posted above, for some unknown reason CCleaner does not honor the ExcludeKey1 for retaining the file named container.dat. It may be because the file is 0 kb in size....I really do not know why. In the code below, I modified FileKey1 and FileKey2 plus eliminated the ExcludeKey1

Did excluding Container.dat from hulu stop the crashes? I had this for Bing Weather* "ExcludeKey1=FILE|%LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.BingWeather_*\AC\*\|container.dat"

But it still ends up crashing.

September 4, 2015

Do you happen to use any other cleaning program such as AVG PC TuneUp? The Cleaner routine in TuneUp will also break Bing Weather and HuluPlus

Bleachbit for the more agressive stuff, I tried it with winapp2 off and the weather app didn't break.

I can't figure out if it's caused by cleaning the app entry or a combanation of things.

Been using RegShot once it breaks then running the powershell command to see what is restored.

September 4, 2015

It appears that [bing Weather*] is causing this app to stop working properly on Windows 10 x64 Professional. Randomly Bing Weather will begin opening and then immediately shutdown. In order to get the app to work properly again, I have to

I've been trying to figure this out too. Every time I try to reproduce it, it will stop working randomly which makes it hard to pin point. Was thinking it might be the container.dat files

August 22, 2015

Does anyone know whether deleting the numerous .etl files in %CommonData%\USOShared\Logs will have any negative impact on Windows 10? It appears to be related to Windows Update checking. I think it is just a log file area for Windows Update to log results of running a Windows Update check. However I cannot find much about it on the web. The Log folder looks like it will grow quite large if not cleaned out.

In that folder I have:

NotificationUx.001.etl - NotificationUx.010.etl

NotificationUxBroker.001.etl - NotificationUxBroker.100.etl

UpdateSessionOrchestration.001.etl - UpdateSessionOrchestration.080.etl

UpdateUx.001.etl - UpdateUx.032.etl

If they don't go any higher then those they might just write over themselves.

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