cannot start/open ccleaner anymore Windows 10 20H2

On 06/12/2020 at 17:43, Epic said:
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		Not much to add as what's already stated I'm afraid, CCleaner just won't open... Install, uninstall, re-install is no problem, but when I try to open CCleaner, nothing happens at all. 
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		Everything worked fine before Windows 10 update to latest 20H2, I disabled Defender / Microsoft security and Sophos (anti4us) but without result (no solution). The tricky part is that when I start Windows in 'safe mode', there's no problem running CCleaner. But in 'normal mode', nothing happens. I can try other login account or a new account, but with the same outcome, CCleaner just won't start/open. 
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		Event logs don't show something weird, except APPCRASH (event 1001), but with no extra info what so ever. 
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		Still fiddling with this from time to time, but nothing yet.
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Hi @Epic Considering how CCleaner does open in Safe Mode, you may want to perform a 'clean-boot' in Windows, using a process of elimination to see if you can pinpoint what prevents CCleaner from being able to open in the normal mode of Windows.

Instructions on how to do this can be found at https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10

4 hours ago, MeganCCleaner said:
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		Hi <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/profile/91012-epic/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="91012" href="<___base_url___>/profile/91012-epic/" rel="">@Epic</a> Considering how CCleaner does open in Safe Mode, you may want to perform a 'clean-boot' in Windows, using a process of elimination to see if you can pinpoint what prevents CCleaner from being able to open in the normal mode of Windows.
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		Instructions on how to do this can be found at <a href="https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10" rel="external nofollow">https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10</a>
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Might be a good idea indeed, will try and see what might come up, thanks for pointing this out.

For archive purposes, uninstalling Citrix receiver fixed the problem. Not a real solution but after a reboot CCleaner worked again.

Somehow my Citrix receiver and CC don't play well together, if I reinstall the Citrix receiver same thing happens again, CC won't work/open at all.

Good investigating to eventually track down what the issue was @Epic.

It may be clashing because Citrix Receiver reached end of maintenace on Sep 30th 2020 (about a month before you first encountered the issue with a new CCleaner version), and reached end of life on 31st Dec 2020, - so it is no longer maintained or updated.

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX280728

It has been replaced by Citrix Workspace app for Windows.

Maybe try that and see if the issue is solved?

3 hours ago, nukecad said:
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		Good investigating to eventually track down what the issue was <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/profile/91012-epic/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="91012" href="<___base_url___>/profile/91012-epic/" rel="">@Epic</a>.
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		It may be clashing because Citrix Receiver reached end of maintenace on Sep 30th 2020 (about a month before you first encountered the issue with a new CCleaner version), and reached end of life on 31st Dec 2020, - so it is no longer maintained or updated.

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX280728

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		It has been replaced by Citrix Workspace app for Windows.


		Maybe try that and see if the issue is solved?


		 
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Yeah we're using a completely different way of Citrix (remote desktop concept) and with that combination there's no problem. I do have to uninstall the old/previous receiver.

Maybe it can help other in a near future