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I notice that others are also having registration problems on their various systems. Mine is Win 7 Professional 64, somewhat dated, but it functions fine. My last years subscription to CCleaner had absolutely no trouble setting up and registering when I purchased it. Since then, no settings changes have been made on my system. The latest 'earlybird' purchase included other software modules, such as Speccy, Recuva and Defraggler, about which I know nothing yet, and have not explored these at all. I am just trying to get CCleaner functionality at this stage - back to where I was a week or so ago. My initial error message was 12002, then later attempts gave me 0x2eff. On each attempt I have both typed the key and name myself, and cut and pasted them from the purchase email. I have had some interaction with the support crew, but so far no success upon trying their suggested fixes. They recommended checking the hosts file for an old piriform entry and also for a winhttp proxy issue. These are the various steps I have tried: Uninstall then reinstall. Uninstall then install the latest version 586. Temporarily disable antivirus while registering. Allow CCleaner through the Windows Firewall. Run CCleaner as Administrator. netsh show proxy says there is no proxy server engaged. (The internet options settings also show no proxy set up either for routine or VPN access - I've used direct access for years now). The hosts file has two entries, nothing to do with CCleaner, and checking for the suspected entry, namely license.piriform.com shows it is not there and thus cannot be erased. I am wondering if the problem stems from upgrading to a bundled package with these other new programs? Previously I had only CCleaner on my system. Thanks for any advice, guys.

Thanks for all that info. Very useful and excellent advice! I think I'm at the end of the road now. On the way there I did find a few scattered remnants of old Opera stuff in User/Appdata that I had somehow overlooked previously for some reason, and which turned up when scanned with Filelocator Lite. (Along with some other stuff I thought I had dealt with, like Hamster archiver and Yandex remnants (albeit inactive)). Some of these were deletable from that program directly, but others kept popping back into the file list, resisting arrest. But I did manage to delete them manually and directly from the relevant sub-folders. Re the Opera download handler, I also suspected a temporary server load-up but I eventually tracked it to the OperaSetup.exe file, which I think is a 'slim' version. I wised up and downloaded the full installer and that succeeded with zero stress levels. So I have now the latest version of Opera installed and functional. I'm going to play with it for a few days and then do a proper and full uninstall to check any effect on CCleaner's browser list. One way or another, I'm not that bothered from this point on, as all seems to be behaving as it should. Re AV, i run Bitdefender, which has done well for me. It is up to date and I also initiate manual system scans with it regularly and use its VPN from time to time, such as prior to sensitive transactional sessions. I shall however also take a look at those two progs you mentioned and if they run with BD then all the better! Good idea about the CC ini file too. I hadn't thought of that but I shall now get on to it. Thanks muchly and cheers!

This has been an intriguing experiment with a bizarre consequence. Following the further advice I received from you, I did two sequential uninstall/installs of CCleaner - first with the slim version and second with the normal installer. Neither of these actions 'fixed' the problem of it finding evidence of a ghost Opera somewhere in my system files. I rechecked and verified via Revo that no further flotsam and jetsam using the name 'Opera' was present on my system, yet CC was able to find something, obviously. Then, as a last resort, I downloaded the download handler for the latest version of Opera, in order to get the program, install it and then remove it. I hoped that would clear any buried remnants lurking somewhere. Strangely, the download manager itself I could get easily enough trim their server, but it refused then to download the actual program module!. Kept reporting that the download had failed, but did not give a reason. I tried multiple times without success. This issue is doing me no harm; I don't intend to use Opera and therefore it's merely an annoyance related to cluttering, and of mainly academic interest - rather fascinating actually.

Ta... I'll give it a go!

Reporting back on this issue.... Just a cursory look through the Program Files (x86) folder turned up some past Opera files, which had somehow missed the previous uninstall process. I manually deleted the parent folder and contents myself. I then installed and paid for Revo and used the 'Forced Uninstall' tab to look for 'opera' leftovers in the registry keys. This found numerous entries under Client, News, Mail and other Microsoft sub-headings. I selected all components that specifically were sub the "Opera" name in the tree and after creating a restore point, then deleted them. This step appears to have worked without damaging anything else. I've opened and closed routine programs, shut down and restarted etc. without noticing anything amiss. However CCleaner still reports Opera in the Apps list. Ha! I'm now wondering if I need to wait until the next upgrade to overwrite the old Opera settings?

Thank you folks, for some excellent advice. I'll get on to it right away and see what turns up using the various approaches suggested. I already had the idea to re-install Opera and then uninstall, so I'm glad to hear my thinking was on the right track. I'll start with a peek at the registry and then make a decision that I feel comfortable with. Cheers.

I've just upgraded from the free software after a decent trial to the professional version. I used to run Opera as a browser but have since uninstalled it so it no longer appears in any program list on the system. However it is still listed on CCleaner under the Applications tab. How do I remove this ghost reference? Or does CCleaner default to state a range of browsers (unlikely, I'd say...)?