If CCleaner is launched from the command line with any arguments, if runs normally. If launched from the command line with the "/Auto" argument, nothing happens.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I've never tried it with /Auto with only the first letter capitalized, hence when you click Options the About screen has this listed:
Command-line parameters:
/AUTO - Runs the cleaner upon loading and then closes the application.
I've never tried it with /Auto with only the first letter capitalized...
I thought that Command Prompt wasn't case sensitive. Perhaps I was wrong? I know that with folders and files, case doesn't matter.
In any event to run it via a shortcut you'd input these parameters, including the quotes, all Windows OSes:
"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /AUTO
or on WinXP:
"%ProgramFiles%\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /AUTO
I thought that Command Prompt wasn't case sensitive. Perhaps I was wrong? I know that with folders and files, case doesn't matter.
it's case sensitive because that's the way the program was made. IIRC, Case Insensitivity can be accomplished using LCase in VB
it's case sensitive because that's the way the program was made. IIRC, Case Insensitivity can be accomplished using LCase in VB
I didn't ask why it was case sensitive; I asked if it was or not. And I was right about files and folders; case makes no difference whatsoever. If you open a folder in all caps (C:\cd GAMES), in all lower case (C:\cd games), or sentence form (C:\cd Games), it still does the same thing with no quibbles. And I tested this in both command.com and cmd.exe, both yielding the same results.
So evidently the only time case matters is when you are typing in a parameter, such as AUTO. I haven't personally tested this out, but I am going by what you guys wrote.
On my systems, typing in all upper case, or mixed case, makes no difference - nothing happens. Same result when I tried from the CCleaner folder, and from the root of C drive.
I am running XP SP2, with all current patches, TrendMicro OfficeScan and Windows Defender.
Over the last year or so, I have tried on several occasions to get the /AUTO parameter to work, to no avail.
Could it possibly some kind of rights or permissions issue? I use the Security Configuration Analyzer (an MMC plug-in) and a security configuration template published by NSA, to harden my systems (disable anonymous access, null access, user account enumeration by anonymous users, etc.). I don't normally have any problems, and it really cuts down on network-based attacks from infected machines. I did, however, find that PageDefrag requires that administrators have debug rights, a slight variance from the NSA standard template. CCleaner runs fine with the GUI.
You have to leave a black space between the .exe path and that argument/parameter (note the example below has a red underline in it, it's however just there to show where the blank space is supposed to be):
"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe"_/AUTO