CCleaner broke numerous things including access to my NAS

CCleaner for Windows
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Immediately after running CCleaner for the first time:

  • I lost several icons that previously displayed for programs and shortcuts
  • I lost connection to my NAS backup drive and have not been able to get it working again.
  • Adobe Acrobat just simply won’t open and therefore doesn’t work.
  • I suspect I’ll find more as I waste more time trying to clean things up.

Paul

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What part(s) of ccleanwr did yiou use?

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Nergal, I ran Health Check then clicked Clean on the next few pages.

P

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Is this in reply to an earlier thread?

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I lost access to my NAS after first scan with CCleaner. Can’t see my NAS shared folders at all. Looks like some things (Files? Settings?) got wiped out. Any ideas?

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All threads merged, please keep to one topic per issue.

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This is in reply to your message to me on 12/29 on this thread: “What part(s) of ccleanwr did yiou use?”

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Windows 11 has recently changed how file sharing works by making password protected sharing the default, (they did it for “security” reasons), which in some cases has broken file (and printer) sharing so you may want to check that out and setup the sharing again if needed: