I am a long time user of CCleaner Pro. While I am told not to worry about the amount of cookies and garbage the quickly accumulates in my computer, even while it sits there inactively, I am not willing to ignore the immediate build up of perhaps 4000MB of trash. When I run CCleaner it will in the first instance find some of this trash. I delete ("Make it Better") and start over and it will continue to find more--much more, which I continue to delete. Usually, I must run CCleaner up to about 6 times before it no longer finds trackers, trash, etc. This is true even though I now run only Firefox and DuckDuckGo in an effort to solve this problem. I have deleted Google from the computer in hopes of stopping this load of unwanted trash.
I have always thought that CCleaner was a good product and I have paid for the Pro service thinking it would do the best job. Can anyone tell me based on their own experience of some other "cleaner" and/or "barrier" that will actually do the job? I would be most appreciative. Thanks. Ed
Second - On the things coming back straight after you have cleaned that is entirely normal and just the way your computer works.
They don't suddenly stop coming back after a number of cleans, it just seems like that for a minute or two because Windows pauses recreating them to try and work out why they keep being deleted.
For a longer explanation of what they are, why they come back, and how you can stop <em>some</em> of it see the second part of this starting at <u><span style="color:#c0392b;"><strong>Windows files that re-appear straight after cleaning</strong></span></u> and on from there:
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I am a long time user of CCleaner Pro. While I am told not to worry about the amount of cookies and garbage the quickly accumulates in my computer, even while it sits there inactively, I am not willing to ignore the immediate build up of perhaps 4000MB of trash. When I run CCleaner it will in the first instance find some of this trash. I delete ("Make it Better") and start over and it will continue to find more--much more, which I continue to delete. Usually, I must run CCleaner up to about 6 times before it no longer finds trackers, trash, etc. This is true even though I now run only Firefox and DuckDuckGo in an effort to solve this problem. I have deleted Google from the computer in hopes of stopping this load of unwanted trash.
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I have always thought that CCleaner was a good product and I have paid for the Pro service thinking it would do the best job. Can anyone tell me based on their own experience of some other "cleaner" and/or "barrier" that will actually do the job? I would be most appreciative. Thanks. Ed
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Hey Ed,
They won't tell you this but if you are using a lifetime key they essentially put you back to a free version, I.e it's not in your head, you paid for a pro lifetime and you're being given a "free" version of the service. They'll stop you from using any other feathures as well like the driver updater with a shady trick that tells you that your wi-fi isn't working. They are basicially giving you the middle finger and trying to get you to re-buy their newer subscription plans.