Hi MrA:
Thank you for your response.
I hope that Avast / Piriform reverses their decision and releases a Portable build for CCleaner v7.xx. I only use a limited number of CCleaner Portable features - primarily Custom Clean, the registry cleaner (only on a limited basis and only if I need to clean up orphaned registry entries left behind by an uninstalled program that are causing problems) and the System Restore point manager, so for me even a slimmed down version of CCleaner Portable v7.00 or higher with only basic cleaning capabilities would be fine.
FYI, I never use Health Check, Performance Optimizer, Software/Driver Updater and most of the other features that have been added to CCleaner in recent years, so each time CCleaner Portable is updated I only keep three of the unzipped CCleaner Portable files (CCleaner64.exe, portable.dat and license.txt ***) and copy over the ccleaner.ini file from the previous version, which I re-use each time CCleaner Portable is updated so I don’t lose my custom configuration settings. From the folder on my removable USB stick where my current CCleaner Free Portable v6.39 files are located:
*** NOTE: If you use a non-English edition of CCleaner Free Portable v6.xx you must also keep the \lang subfolder bundled inside ccsetup6xx.zip. The \LOG and \Setup subfolders are created automatically the first time CCleaner64.exe (or CCleaner.exe if you have a 32-bit OS) is run.
I’ve used CCleaner for over 20 years, but If Avast / Piriform stops providing Portable builds for CCleaner v7.xx I will move on to another disk cleaner and stop using your product.
Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v22H2 build 19045.6332 * Firefox v143.0.4 * Microsoft Defender v4.18.25080.5-1.1.25080.5 * Malwarebytes Premium v5.4.1.215-142.0.5389 * CCleaner Free Portable v6.39.11548 * HDCleaner Portable 64-Bit v2.091