Wisewiz

Well, I, for one, am looking forward to it NOT being ON any of my machines. Thanks for hanging with us through this thread, nukecad.

I’ve used the portable versions for years. They *should* keep a lot of stuff out of the registry. They don’t (anymore). Which problem are you talking about? The icon or the Welcome Screen?

Thank you, good friend. I won’t miss that icon at all. Have a good one. -Dan

@nukecad Okay, I've installed it in the recalcitrant machine. We'll see. The WelcomeScreen setting is still 0. Another issue entirely: Now every time I open CCleaner, a system tray icon appears (hidden or not, depending on my settings), and the danged thing doesn't go away when I close CCleaner. I have to right-click it and choose Exit. Un-absolutely-acceptable. Suggestions for making that icon go back where it came from? No such icon appears on my "oddball portable with a license" setup. Both machines show the taskbar icon when the program is active, but that goes away the moment CC is closed with the upper right corner X. Should I start another thread to complain about THIS?

@nukecad, I guess not. I’ll try that now on the machine that won’t hold its zero for WelcomeScreen. If being actually installed makes a difference, I’ll install it on the well-behaved PC. I’ll be baaaack!

@nukecad Well, that's an interesting new take on what's going on here. The machine of mine that won't hold the 0 (zero) in (Cfg) WelcomeScreen is CCleaner Portable with a license key registered (which makes it show CCleaner Professional). But both my machine that won't hold the setting and my other main machine that WILL and DOES hold it are CC Portable but with my Plus key registered. Both machines have portable.dat in their CC folders. BTW, I think the only thing I've accomplished by using the portable versions (and registering my license) is that CCleaner doesn't show up in my "Installed Apps" lists. I had hoped to keep it from writing to the registry, but that hope was dashed.

Truer words were never spoken.

@nukecad Thank you for taking the time to read this thread and share your thoughts on the issue. I’m just hoping that Piriform, in its wisdom, will remove this “feature” in the next update. I can’t imagine that anyone actually wants to be welcomed back to their computer program. The CCleaner utility is not a social platform; it’s a purely functional, albeit valuable, tool, and nobody really wants to have a social exchange with a tool. I hope you have a great day. Thanks again. Dan

Thanks. Looking forward to your news.

I'm waiting to see whether one of the experts here on the Forum will sweep in with a solution, or at least an explanation for why it happens on one PC and not another. If the latter, we may be able to do something to correct the situation on the PC that keeps getting the "Welcome" message.

Okay, I'm REALLY annoyed now! On one (and only one) of my three computers with licensed CCleaner on them, this ridiculous "Welcome back to CCleaner" screen pops up repeatedly, even after I have gone in to the registry on that machine and changed the Welcome screen value to 0 (from 1) a dozen times. Why can't I get that screen out of my sight (and out of my CCleaner) and keep it GONE ???

Oh, I forgot this: After you install the portable (assuming you have a license key), you open the program (which will say CCleaner Free at the top), click Options, and then click License Key. It'll show you your registered key codes and name, and when you confirm, it will change CCleaner Free to CCleaner Professional in the title bar.

@fidget77 When I get an update notice (I have auto-update turned OFF) in my CCleaner window, I close the window and go to https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds, where I'll find two Free versions with installers, a Slim version, and, at the bottom, the Portable version. The Portable comes in a .zip file. You just unzip that file by double-clicking it, and you'll see Extract All in the toolbar at the top of the File Explorer window. When you click Extract All, it will ask you for a "destination," and that's the folder you have CCleaner in. I have all of my 35 or so programs -- except for a couple that fight to be installed on C:\ -- (and all my "folder" stuff like documents, downloads, and pictures) installed (not REALLY installed, because they're portable and standalone programs that run without installation) on my D:\ drive, to keep my System drive (C:\) as system-only as I can keep it, so my CCleaner files are at D:\Utilities I\CCleaner Portable, and that's where I "Extract All" to. Given the choice, I'd always prefer downloading program files from the developer's site, but that's just me. (But PortableApps.com is a great site and does a great service, by the way.) If I've left anything unanswered, please ask again. Dan (Wisewiz)

Fidget, “Save all settings to INI file” doesn’t mean “Put no settings in the registry.” At least for CCleaner run internally (i.e., not from a flash drive). My Professional has a LOT of information in the reg at the key I sent you to in my last post, even though I get my updates from the Builds site, and I use the Portable versions exclusively. I think I just muddle things by using the Portable and using my Pro key at the same time. Don’t worry about it.

@fidget77 Hi, Fidget, It's easy if you're comfortable with registry editing. (If not, be sure to have a backup image before you change anything in the registry.) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform\CCleaner and you'll find (Cfg)WelcomeScreen there. Right-click on (Cfg)WelcomeScreen and click Modify. A new panel will open with the number 1 highlighted. Just type 0 (zero, that is) and click OK, then close the registry editor, and that should stop the "Welcome Back" screen from annoying you. Best regards, Dan (Wisewiz)

@CarolPerez Hi, Carol! Yes, it all seems to be OK and working as stated by APMichael above, but I have neither Avast nor Office on my PCs, so I can't check either of those. Otherwise, if you have a correctly installed version of CCleaner (with Performance Optimizer) and you put a program to sleep with PO, you will find a "Debugger" subkey for that program in your registry, and if you launch that program (the one you put to sleep before), CCleaner will delete the Debugger subkey and allow the program to start. Best regards, Wisewiz

Never mind. I found my answer in the registry.

Every time I open CCleaner, I get this annoying window: How can I put an end to this? I only get it on one of my three paid-for installations of CCleaner, and I'd prefer not to get it on any of them.

Really, the only important part would be the size of the keepers column. The other column is transient, and therefore of much less importance. Thanks for your reply and your help. Dan

Yahbut, I sometimes wonder how many cookies have piled up in my “keep” jar, especially when I’m copying the list from an old .ini to a new one. I don’t suppose it matters, since they take up so little space, but I was just thinking.

I'm thinking it wouldn't take much to add a total count of cookies at the bottom of each of the two cookie panels, and it might be of some interest to those who watch their cookies.

That all makes sense. Thank you all for your help.

No surprise there, eh? Thank you for investigating this problem. I hope the CC team corrects this soon.

@Spartan This (below) is what the bad guys look like. I had to take one out of my Firefox.exe data tonight, when Firefox "couldn't be found" by Windows, and couldn't start. Maybe this is an indication of where they're coming from.

Hallelujah! APMichael jumped in and saved your hide. I was busy elsewhere, or I'd have told you the same thing. Click on the .exe of a listed program (in your screenshot) and look for the debugger "bugger" in the right-hand panel.