The .tmp files issue is being looked at. We put safety and security first, so it's taking a bit longer to come up with a flexible, but safe solution.It'll be fixed in the next release... maybe
MrG
At last I got a reply from the developer. Thanks MrG.
I've just found out it also can't via a cleaning routine cleanup files in the root of a user profile directory on XP.
For instance using a winapp2.ini cleaning routine like this doesn't work:
[*Test]
LangSecRef=3021
DetectFile=%ProgramFiles%\Test\test.exe
Default=True
FileKey1=%userprofile%|*.log
At last I got a reply from the developer. Thanks MrG.
I guess this topic should be permanently closed. The problem has been fixed in the new version...CCleaner v2.12.660
Thanks to the developer for listening to us, your followers, and for continuously improving this great utility.
After 3 pages of posts thats excellent news Now I can clean some junk on non-sys partitions and flash drives etc.
Whether the tmp file is created by malware, spyware, adware or any other program, the issue remains that CCleaner should delete those files.
I totally disagree with the above.
Windows itself will prohibit the removal of some files.
This prohibition could be due to Windows deciding "This is a vital system file and I will die without it."
This prohibition could be due to malware deciding "I'm going to live for ever - and you are not going to kill me."
This prohibition could be due to some valid process (possibly due to a Windows service) that is running.
This prohibition could be due to badly written legitimate software that has damaged file permissions.
If Windows allows me to delete a file (e.g. via the DOS command DEL)
only then would I think of blaming CCleaner for not deleting that file.
Regards
Alan
It was a bug that has been fixed. Its a mute point now.