So, two things . . .
how do I exit CCleaner? I don’t mean close. I mean Exit, as in no longer running either in the foreground or background?
how do I keep CCleaner from starting when I reboot.
Look as I might, I don’t see either of these options. I know I can go to the task manager and kill it, but that’s annoying.
Ccleaner is now a windows service, disabling the service breaks ccleaner.
Define “breaks”.
If it’s a service, I should be able to set it to start on demand.
True but you’d have to manually stop it as ccleaner doesn’t send a stop signal.
EDIT: setting to manual doesn’t do it program opens broken (as described below). End edit
Breaks means two tools are shown (neither being health check or custom clean) and an inoperable health check front page.
You could, conceivably, write a batch file that first starts the service, launches ccleaner and (although i have never gotten my scripts to do this, but i hear you can) stop the service at ccleaner exit.
Or, since this version of ccleaner loves task scheduler, create a task that can do the above.
Hmm . . . I suppose I can ask for a refund (it’s within the 90 days, and they just had a big spike in the cost). I don’t use it often enough to make it worthwhile anyway, and what little usage I have for it doesn’t balance with the annoyance of having it on all the time.
Thanks for the replies.
ejd.
Yeah, but I think the question is WHY they chose to code the program in that manner. There is clearly no need for that service to be running and to “BREAK” when it’s not running as a service. It should start when the user starts the program if the user chooses that option.
Yeah, uninstalled this new garbage. Have used this for so many years I cannot remember. Have put on numerous other systems and have recommended it to so many people. Will now have to tell everyone to find another, less intrusive program. It should be a run on demand program and not sit in the background and use resources. I have used CCleaner so many times in the past to remove other software that did just this and now they have fallen off the cliff. It is nearly a virus itself. Such a shame when a good product is ruined by stupid people.
Right and what’s with that anyway? This is a program that is used for cleaning systems, checking health, and putting other programs and processes in Sleep mode YET you can’t do that with CCleaner itself? Insane.
(edited to fix a few typos and add clarification)
I’ve gotten a refund and uninstalled it, but per the above conversation, the program won’t run if you put the Service in manual mode. To run it, go to the Task Manager, start the service, run the program, and it’s the full suite of options. it’s not overly complicated (a couple of clicks), and I almost hung on to it, but the price jump to $50/year made it not make any sense for my needs.
I’m not knocking anyone who finds that a good value, but it wasn’t for me . . . plus, the whole deal where it runs in the background and you can’t stop it kind of pissed me off.
Not that the company will take note because many users go into auto mode, and having certain programs becomes a habit rather than an actual necessity.
I uninstalled the latest version after finding out there was no easy way to stop it running in the background and it also installed yet another unwanted “service”, as a lot of programs now seem want to do. Just want it on demand. Why do this, when it’s obvious that a lot of people don’t want the intrusion, sapping resources?