last I heard, the problem with CC cleaning the windows.old folder was not being looked into any further as the issue could not be replicated in the labs.
general consensus is to still use CLEANMGR to clean that folder.
best method for that is to start an elevated command prompt (extra cleanmgr options are available from an elevated prompt)
type in cleanmgr c: /sageset:1
tick the options you want, or all of them.
then type cleanmgr c: /sagerun:1
the sageset command sets and remembers your options.
the sagerun command does the actual cleaning.
Hi all, longtime fan of ALL Piriform products, escpecially CCleaner.
Got home, took computer out of box, booted it up, let it do its windows setup process, then windows updates, then a restart. Checked for updates again and got the creators update offer.
Note: I had NOT installed ccleaner at any point yet.
Did the creators update, all was well.
Went ahead and installed the latest version of CCleaner, checked Remove old Windows installations... ran ccleaner. all was well.... until i restarted it. and now it won't boot.
From what I've read here, sounds like ccleaner deleted some ASUS drivers the PC needed.
This seems to still be happening with CCleaner. I can't tell you which version of CCleaner is on there since the machine won't boot, but I downloaded it from your site yesterday (October 5, 2017).
Issue with windows 10 creator update and cccleaner.
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Hi all, longtime fan of ALL Piriform products, escpecially CCleaner.
Just ran into this Windows.old "nuking" issue yesterday on this brand new ASUS PC: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-zen-aio-23-8-touch-screen-all-in-one-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-quartz-gray/5732324.p?skuId=5732324
Got home, took computer out of box, booted it up, let it do its windows setup process, then windows updates, then a restart. Checked for updates again and got the creators update offer.
Note: I had NOT installed ccleaner at any point yet.
Did the creators update, all was well.
Went ahead and installed the latest version of CCleaner, checked Remove old Windows installations... ran ccleaner. all was well.... until i restarted it. and now it won't boot.
From what I've read here, sounds like ccleaner deleted some ASUS drivers the PC needed.
This seems to still be happening with CCleaner. I can't tell you which version of CCleaner is on there since the machine won't boot, but I downloaded it from your site yesterday (October 5, 2017).
Thank you for your help,
Kyle