I think I've been reporting that in the past. Stopped happening and it happens again with 3.06.1433 (64bit). It happens exactly one time out of two, and when it does I must kill CC process and restart it, then np, any clue? I have reinstalled CC, not using any ini file, so from scratch, no change.
edit: the issue only involves IE history
I have reinstalled CC, not using any ini file, so from scratch, no change.
I would not expect any improvement.
If you installed CC and there is no INI file in use then the behaviour of CC is defined by the registry,
so the new installation is likely to behave in the same way.
You need the Portable version using INI if you want a fresh start.
To start off "fresh" with CCleaner you'd need to uninstall it (don't install over an existing version) and preferably restart Windows, and then install the new version. Note that uninstalling will remove all of your previous CCleaner settings, cookies to keep, etc., so you'll have to reconfigure CCleaner from scratch.
yeah restarting and installing from scratch didn't change anything. But I may have found where the issue comes from, not very precisely but that's already a lead.
First to the fact that the hang with IE history cleaning occurs one time out of two, that's just because IE history gets actually cleaned during the first try, and there's nothing to clean the second time - obviously.
As to what may be the possible cause of the problem, ie where CC gets stuck, I found that the issue disappears after uninstalling "Messenger" and "Messenger companion" from Windows Live 2011.