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A thousand apologies. I seem to have edited your post instead of quoting it. I could blame technical reasons from the forum moderator options, I could blame my disability causing lack of concentration - But no excuses - I made an error, sorry about that.

It can happen that you lose settings if you uninstall/reinstall. You could use Options>Advanced> Save all settings to INI file. As part of helping here I will often do uninstalls/reinstals, and do other unusual things to the settings. So I keep a backup of the ccleaner.ini file that I can copy/paste back into the CCleaner folder to get my preferred settings back.

Two things CCleaner start at boot and stay running in the background, either one will put a CCleaner icon in the System Tray. Neither of them take up many resources. Options>Updates>Keep CCleaner Updated automatically - Checks on boot, and then every 12 hrs, for a new version of CCleaner. Options>Smart Cleaning - Monitors for junk building up and cleans it when it reaches a set level, and/or monitors for a browser being closed and then cleans the browser leftovers. There is also Options>Settings>'Launch the CCleaner app window each time the computer starts'. That runs a clean on startup and then closes, it doesn't remain running in the background. You will briefly see a flashing icon in the System Tray while it is cleaning on start.

As said above this particular registry entry is for future use by Windows version 21H1. (Although some things are using it now). Some components of 21H1 are already on your computer, but not all of them will be there yet. Some are already there but are hidden from you by Windows itself. They will only be fully activated when the update to version 21H1 is 'Enabled' by Microsoft. It's simply the way that Microsoft are doing updates by downloading things in a gradual fashion and then 'Enabling' them when the time is right. They are doing it that way so that the 'Enablement' is quicker than downloading a new version all at once.

I've changed the wording of that post a bit. (Just in case you are going to stick it in front of a judge).

CCleaner will not delete any .doc or .pfd files unless the user specifically tells it to do so by setting an 'Include' for them. An Include can be for specific files or for certain filetypes, in certain directories. Wildcards can be used in includes to remove certain filetypes or all files in certain directories. It is an advanced option, and does take a bit of knowledge to set up correctly. So whilst the court is correct that it is 'possible' that CCleaner could delete such files on a scheduled clean that deletion could only happen at the instruction of the user by both setting up Includes for the files and setting up a Scheduled clean. The user would have to have previously set the 'Includes' to delete those particular filetypes, from those particular directories, which would then be run on the schedule. That's not something that could reasonably happen by accident. See these articles about including files to be cleaned, and setting up cleaning Schedules. https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048231491-Select-files-and-folders-to-clean-with-CCleaner-for-Windows#using-the-include-window--0-5 https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045616091-Scheduled-Cleaning-in-CCleaner-Professional#scheduled-cleaning-in-ccleaner-professional-0-0 Again as Nergal says we are (knowledgable) users here not lawyers, but the above is how Includes and Scheduled cleaning work in CCleaner.

That is still not clear, we will have to wait for Google to clarify just how it will work. Non è ancora chiaro, dovremo aspettare che Google chiarisca come funzionerà.

I've edited the text colour in the box to black so that it's now visible in both themes. (Not great in dark mode, but visible).

In general terms: An app that has been shutdown has to reload completely from start the next time you use it. An app that has been hibernated reloads as it was when you hibernated it, which means it reloads faster. No one is sure just how app hibernation will work in Android 12 but this gives some information (Sorry there doesn't seem to be a page in Italian). https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/android-12-could-let-you-hibernate-apps-and-we-now-know-more-about-the-feature n termini generali: Un'app che è stata arrestata deve ricaricarsi completamente dall'inizio la prossima volta che la usi. Un'app che è stata ibernata si ricarica come quando l'hai ibernata, il che significa che si ricarica più velocemente. Nessuno è sicuro di come funzionerà l'ibernazione delle app su Android 12, ma questo fornisce alcune informazioni (Spiacenti, non sembra esserci una pagina in italiano).

@Nergal You can't see that text in the box in the default forum theme, it's white on white. Switch to default theme to see what I mean. For others using default theme what should be showing in the address bar is: edge://settings/system

I've flagged this for a member of staff to look at. In the meantime you may be best contacting support by email, using support@ccleaner.com

I believe that Avast Secure Browser can take some time to fully close, so if you try to clean immediately after closing it then it may still be running and still closing itself. That could explain why you are only seeing it "every so often", you are being quicker to clean or the browser is being slower to close on those occasions. Wait a bit longer and try again. Or possibly you have the browser set to run in the background after closing it? Look in the browser settings for "Continue running background apps when Avast Secure Browser is closed" and turn it off. As for why CCleaner can't force it closed when asked to: If you also have Avast AV then that has a self-defence module to stop anything from forcing Avast apps to close. That may be what is preventing CCleaner from force closing the background tasks for the Browser. If that is the case then you could try disabling the self-defence module from the AvastUI > Settings > Troubleshooting. Although it seems a bit heavy handed to turn off that protection just to be able to occasionally force close the browser.

That's your choice of course. You may be interested in the latest thinking on the registry cleaner from the CCleaner team: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/59952-i-get-a-registry-error-on-ccleaner-on-windows-10-i-have-scanned-5-times/?tab=comments#comment-326804

'Us' is computer users in general, or at least those users who know about the registry. Did you actually read that Microsoft article? Deleting leftover entries after an uninstall is one of the valid uses for a registry cleaner, but unless they are very unusual then they are not slowing down your machine and can be left there. Anyone who claims that a registry cleaner will free up space and/or speed up your computer is telling porkies. It may have helped with Win 7 or earlier but things move on.

Again - That registry entry "SpeechRuntimetime.exe" is new to Windows and is needed by Windows, which is why Windows keeps putting it back if you remove it. It is nothing to do with anything that you may have uninstalled, it is a part of Windows. See this for more info on what it is, (and why you shouldn't be using the registry cleaner with Windows 10 unless you have a problem to fix). See also the post by Dave CCleaner which follows that one and explains CCleaner's current policy on using the Registry Cleaner. https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/59952-i-get-a-registry-error-on-ccleaner-on-windows-10-i-have-scanned-5-times/?tab=comments#comment-326797

@DPlaat Keep coming back to the forum to see answers. You can also set up notifications to email you when there is an answer, if you need help with that ask and we can cover it. That registry entry is new and is needed by Windows, which is why Windows keeps putting it back if you remove it. See this for more info on what it is, (and why you shouldn't be using the registry cleaner with Windows 10 unless you have a problem to fix). See also the post by Dave CCleaner which follows that one and explains CCleaner's current policy on using the Registry Cleaner. https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/59952-i-get-a-registry-error-on-ccleaner-on-windows-10-i-have-scanned-5-times/?tab=comments#comment-326797

In your particular case this may be something different/new. It may be due to recent changes in Edge Chromium. Check if you have 'Startup Boost' enabled, (edge://settings/system) and try turning it off if you have.

That already happens too. It's called Winapp2.ini and is hosted on this forum and github. It adds cleaning for most applications out there to CCleaner's Custom Clean menus and is updated reguarly. https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/32310-winapp2ini-additions/?tab=comments#comment-175835

The 'Trackers' in Health Check are not what you are thinking of as 'Trackers'. It is just a catch-all name that Health Check uses for Cookies, Browser History, and Temporary Internet Files. - Things that have 'tracked' what you have done whilst browsing. So your browser history is a 'tracker' from that point of view. You can see what 'Trackers' actually are if you click on 'Privacy after running Health Check's analyze, but before 'Make it Better'. So if you wanted to keep the History but clean Cookies and Temporary Files then you could untick history like I have here - the problem with that being that you have to remember to untick it each and every time that you run Health Check. It also cleans any/all browsers that you have used, so you can't clean/save history for one but not for another. In Custom Clean you have more control over what does and doesn't get cleaned, so if you want to keep the History you simply untick it and Custom Clean will leave it alone. If you want to keep it for one browser but not otheres then you can set it diferently for each browser. Custom Clean remembers what you have ticked/unticked for each browser (and the other sections), so you only have to do it the once and it's then used every time. So it isn't a question of what to tick to clean 'trackers', they'll get done anyway (unless you untick the particular catageory they are in). It's a matter of unticking the ones that you want left alone. PS The things that are unticked by default are like that for a reason, they are things that you wouldn't normally want to clean but just might at some time. eg. You wouldn't want to delete your browsers Saved Passwords everytime you run Custom Clean so that's unticked by default, but there may be a time when you do want to delete them all at once so the option to tick it is there. You can set Custom Clean to be the Default cleaning method that CCleaner shows you when you open it: Go to Options>Settings and change the CCleaner Home Screen to Custom Clean. As for the question about things coming back straight after a clean - that is normal for any computer. See the link in my signature below this for an explanation of what they are, and how you can stop some of it happening if you want to (you can't stop it altogether, that just the way computers work). If you can't see my signature then here it is as well: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043

That's normal. A defragmenter has to read file fragments from the disc, process the information into unfragmented pieces, then write files back to the disc in one piece. Then it will read some more file fragments, process them, write them back, and so on until it has finished defragmenting. So the disc will not be actively being read from the whole time, a lot of the time will be CPU processing then writing back the files and checking they have written back OK. You should see that when the disk is not being read from/written to the CPU usage increases as it processes what it has read and writes them back. Looking at your screenshot you can see that when the disc is being read the CPU is low, then the disc read stops and the CPU usage goes up. So the big spike of disc usage was a read of a number of file fragments, and the following smaller spikes were writing back/checking of the files each in a single piece.

Yes, the advice is that you should leave it alone. It is needed by Windows, which is why Windows keeps putting it back if you remove it. See this for more info on what it is, (and why you shouldn't be using the registry cleaner with Windows 10 unless you have a problem to fix). See also the post by Dave CCleaner which follows that one and explains CCleaner's current policy on using the Registry Cleaner. https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/59952-i-get-a-registry-error-on-ccleaner-on-windows-10-i-have-scanned-5-times/?tab=comments#comment-326797

Open the Start Menu and on the left click on the 'All Apps' symbol (4 small boxes and lines) to show the list of all installed apps. Scroll down the list to find Microsoft Contacts and right-click on it; in the menu that pops up select 'Pin to Start'. Once it's pinned to the Start you can right-click it to change the size of the icon, etc.

The icon appearing briefly at startup (and the brush flashing on and off when cleaning) and then dissapearing once the clean has completed is what is supposed to happen if you have selected 'Launch the CCleaner app each time the computer starts' in Options>Settings. The icon remaining in the tray (not flashing) is what is supposed to happen if you have either, or both: 'Keep CCleaner Automatically updated' selected in Options>Updates. if you have any part of Smart Cleaning enabled. So the question is what do you have those 3 things set to? It's Windows that actually decides if the icon should be there or not, and there was a slight issue when Automatic cleaning was first introduced to CCleaner Free where the Windows Task Scheduler got a bit confused for a few users with certain computer setups, it affected one or two Pro users as well. There is a fairly simple fix for that. But your issue sounds slightly different to that one, From what you describe it sounds as if CCleaner is cleaning at boot but Windows is not closing the icon when CCleaner has finished - until you cursor over the icon and Windows realises it shouldn't be there. So the answer to what your setting are for those 3 things is the first step to working out just what may be happening.

If CCleaner has cleaned your browser history then you might have had a chance it you tried to recover it immediately after cleaning. But from a week ago I wouldn't give much chance at all, and probably wouldn't even try myself. If you haven't used your computer all week and haven't opened the browser all week then maybe you have a chance.

This issue has been flagged up to the staff for investigation/response.