Uninstalled CCleaner v5.22.5724, installed 5.16.555 again and CCleaner works fine. (I do not know if the versions between 5.16 and 5.20 will work or not)
All the previous versions installed, worked fine. Something changed in the CCleaner code after v5.16 that is not compatible with my system.
I'm stumped because everything else appears to operate normally on my PC.
When this issue first happened (winter/spring 2016?) post v5.16 would not open, I figured it was a bug in CCleaner and it would be resolved.
Question:
Protection softwares such as "Microsoft Security Essentials" or "Malwarebytes", only the database for the latest protection is updated, not the whole program. Is there a reason why the whole program is updated each time for CCleaner?