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  1. Yes, it's a known intermittent issue that has been going on for a while now and most of us see it now and again.

    It's only an odd display issue and doesn't affect how CCleaner works.

    It's also common, and interesting, that the duplicates are different on the 'Windows' (repeating lists) and 'Applications' (repeating entries) tabs as you have shown there.

    No doubt it is on a 'To-Do' list for the developers, but as its just cosmetic and not functional it's probably not a priority.

  2. I've done a bit of testing now and I think it's just an issue with understanding the terminology used by mozilla.

    'Removing' a search engine from the One-Click list doesn't disable the search engine, it just 'removes' if from that list and stops it being displayed on the search bar dropdown.
    The 'removed' search engine is still loaded and enabled, but you can't see it on either list.

    You can fully disable the search engine using CCleaner, but you have to close Firefox to do that - and then Firefox simply re-enables it again when you open Firefox.

    To test:

    • I removed all but google from the list in Firefox.
    • Open CCleaner and they are still displayed as enabled.
    • Close Firefox and disable the extensions in CCleaner, close CCleaner.
    • Re-open CCleaner and they are still disabled. Close Ccleaner.
    • Re-open Firefox and there is still only Google showing in the One-Click list.
    • But re-open CCleaner and you can see that re-opening Firefox has enabled them all in the background again.

    So CCleaner is disabling them, but then Firefox is re-enabling them next time you start it.

    To stop Firefox  doing that then you would have to make a change to what Firefox does on launch.

    I'll have a look round and see if I can find anyway to stop Firefox doing it.

    PS. Testing a bit more it seems to be any Firefox plugin that does not show a 'Publisher' or shows Mozilla as the publisher that will get re-enabled in this way at Firefox launch.

     

     

     

  3. The op of this thread was doing it the wrong way round, you have to enter you key and then click register.

    The sequence is Options>About>Upgrade to Pro>{enter your key}>Register.

    You also have to enter your registered name in a seperate box that pops up - the same name that you used when purchasing.
    (Older versions may ask for the name and key in the same box).

    Be careful not to have leading or trailing spaces in the name or key.
    Also be careful not to confuse number and letters in the key, eg. 'S' and '5' can often be confused. (It's best to copy/paste the key from your confirmation email).

    See lower down this page for more details and screenshots:
    https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/articles/204043844-How-to-register-and-activate-CCleaner-Professional

  4. Confirmed that I can do the same and they come back.

    They are obviously being background loaded/enabled by Firefox itself when you launch it; so that they would be instantly available if you selected them in Firefox.

    I'm not sure how to stop that, there is probably something in Firefox 'About:Config' that would do it but there are a lot a Firefox settings to wade through in config.

    If I get time I'll see if I can track then down later.

  5. If as you say they were on the gmail site/servers and not saved to your computer then no software can recover them.

    Software like Recuva can only find what has been deleted from YOUR harddrives, they can't touch other companies servers.

    Unless they are still in the gmail trash bin (or downloaded/saved to your computer) then they are gone.

    If they are that important then you may have one last chance that google can recover them, they can/will sometimes recover maliciously deleted emails (It's not realy meant for if you have deleted them yourself); see the steps to take given in this post:
    https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/26820304?hl=en&msgid=26834999

  6. If it was downloaded and stored on your computer then possibly.

    If it was only stored on the gmail server(s) then those are protected and Recuva (or anything else legitimate) can't touch them.

    You may be able to recover them from within gmail itself.

    Are you trying to recover some, or worried about someone else recovering them?

  7. Don't beat yourself up about it, it's deliberately done like that in the hope that people will miss the slightly different name.
    It's a tactic used by many less reputable companies (and outright scammers).
    And obviously it's worth their time and effort, so they probably fool enough people to make money.

    If I recall correctly the screens in that one are also designed to mimic the genuine CCleaner.

    I've not seen that particular one for a while and thought that Piriform/Avast had managed to get it taken down, but if it was making the scammers money then they'll just try again.
     

  8. The first thing to note is that the genuine CCleaner for Android  v1.11.42 was from 2015 and so is well out of date.
    I doubt that it will work on Android 10. Your Samsung probably has an older Android.
    You need to get the latest CCleaner for Android version from the Google Play Store.
    https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner-android
    And yes, the genuine CCleaner does need all those permissions to be able to clean Android properly.

     

    More importantly though - What you then downloaded is a known fake. We've seen it before.

    The name of the official product is CCleaner. Only two 'Cs' not three.

    'CC Cleaner' (as shown in your screenshot) is the name of a fake disguised to look like the real CCleaner name and trip up the unwary.
    Avoid 'CC Cleaner' (with 3 'Cs'), the company responsible is know for copying legitimate product names to sell inferior software, and then scam you as well.
    They copy other names as well as CCleaner, see this article:
    https://www.enigmasoftware.com/cccleaner-removal/

    You need to be careful to avoid scams like that, it's recommended to only download Android software/apps from the Google Play Store.
    (Unfortunate to say but fakes are quite common on Amazon, and don't even think about buying software off eBay).

    You are probably lucky that the fake was unable to install, who knows what scamware it would have put on your tablet?

  9. 5 hours ago, Upstate_Steve said:

    I tried to download the older version from FileHippo but it took me to the CC Pro page that wanted my credit card info to purchase.

    I see what you mean about the download button there now, that's a new development but the 14 day pro trial will still download, albeit with an altered installer name.

    I'll send you a PM.

  10. 19 hours ago, MeganCCleaner said:

    I'm curious if this is happening as a result of CCleaner crashing during the automated cleaning operation.

    Whilst that's worth looking at to see if there is a crash log, I would have thought that if Smart Cleaning crashed without cleaning then on relaunch it would immediately run (and crash?) again.

    That would only apply to the junk trigger and not to the closing a browser triger, but the junk trigger is what the OP seems to have been reporting at first.

  11. It will probably depend what programming language you are writing your 'something' in. (I'm not familiar with Python).

    Maybe your best bet would be to ask on a forum dedicated to Python?
    Someone else may have figured it out.

    The only way I have found to do it in a batch is to kill File Explorer, delete the Thumbnail cache, restart File Explorer and let it rebuild the cache.
    You have to do the same and close FE if/when you want to rebuild the icon cache.

    I've had similar problems trying to get the recycle bin icon to refresh without having to close FE and refreshing the whole icon cache.
    You can refresh the bin icon when you empty the bin from a Powershell script. (but that then throws up a UAC warning so not what I want).

    You can use the following in Powershell to remove the thumbnail db so that Windows will rebuild it (you'll need to be in an admin account).
    Maybe you could call Powershell from Python?
    PS. This won't work if you have an Explorer window open so that the db is in use, you'll get an error message.

    Remove-Item "C:\" -include "thumbs.db" -recurse -force

     

  12. Aah, yes I see what you mean.

    I agree that it is particularly bad wording,  and could well look like something is actually faulty with your computer.

    It is nothing to worry about if that message is coming from Health Check, it is not the same as if it is coming from Windows.
    (The CCleaner developers are sometimes are a bit careless with their wording).

  13. You have posted on a thread from 2014 which was about CCleaner and not CCleaner Browser.

    As CCleaner Browser was only released last year your tirade has no relevance whatsoever to this six year old thread.

    If you are having a problem with CCleaner Browser then please post again in the CCleaner Browser forum.

  14. 2 hours ago, ErrorReporting said:

    BTW, the Atari ST was a nice machine, although I still have a very fond spot for my Atari 800 😉

    Fond memories of that 520STFM, I taught myself to programme on it. (Drop down menus, wow).

    I also remember de-soldering the ram chip and soldering in a new one, pin-by-pin, to take it up to a massive 4 MB of memory. 🤣
    You get more Ram than that in a cheap watch now.

  15. That appears to confirm my thinking that Smart Cleaning is closing itself for some reason after it runs.

    It shouldn't do that but should stay running in the background waiting for junk to build up again.

    I've flagged it up, and it's over to the devs to work out why it's doing that and fix it.
    (I suspect I know what's happening, and if I'm right it should be a fairly simple fix for the next CCleaner update).

    As a workaround for now - If/when the icon disappears from the System Tray opening and closing the main CCleaner interface will restore Smart Cleaning in the background, and so restore the tray icon.
    You don't have to do anything in CCleaner just open and close it again.

    (I can reliably replicate that by exiting the tray icon manually then opening/closing CCleaner to get it back).

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