I tried the new slim program build. I followed a strict procedure of cleaning all of the older installation from my computer and doing a restart to make sure windows did not carry over some trash from the previous install.
Well... I installed the slim version provided. I even went through a restart to embed the new install. The Icon was there on my machine, but it had been installed in a new position on the screen. I clicked on the screen icon and low and behold the computer greeted me with the same massage as before: "Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe make sure that you typed the name correctly and then type again."
At this point I went to my program files and went into where the program files should have been located. There in the program files were two .exe programs. They were CCleaner64.exe and CCleaner.exe.
I clicked on CCleaner64.exe and got the same message that I got clicking on the screen icon. However when I clicked on the CCleaner.exe program, the program ran as it was supposed to. I tried several things and finally decided that I can use the program, without using the icon, by going to the program files and activating the CCleaner.exe by clicking on it.
It is a pain in the a.. but so be it. It works with the slim install. I just will not use it as often as I did previously. Free is not always free from hassle. My take on the subject is there is someone out there working to sabotage the programs successful run.
A great quote from one of the greatest philosophers of out time, with the exception of The Rolling Stones, is Willie Nelson's quote. He said that if you build a better cabin than anybody else, people will beat a path even through the woods to visit and see it.
Thanks for you previous help.
Gil Rogers