I have ccleaner on 4 home computers. Each one has an edge browser popup on reboot or wakeup. People have repeatedly told me one of my apps is causing this. So out of curiosity I uninstalled ccleaner on one computer and the popups stopped. What do I do?
What does the popup say? Can you post a screenshot of one?
I'm trying to work out if they are coming from CCleaner, which they may well be depending on certain settings, or if they are from Edge itself.
We should be able to tell you how to stop it, but a screenshot would help identify which setting(s) need changing and in which app.
It's simply the edge browser with a Bing search. It's not an error message.
What does the popup actually say?
Or are you saying that it's not a popup and it's the Edge Browser opening itself on startup?
See this for various ways to stop it doing that:
https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/how-to-stop-microsoft-edge-from-opening-automatically/
I have tried all or most of these. I'm past that. It's ccleaner that's causing the problem. When I uninstall ccleaner, the problem goes away.
Can you tell me if you have Fast Boot (sometimes known as Fast Startup) enabled on your machines?
Start--Settings--Power and sleep ----Additional Power Settings (on right hand side of page)---Choose what the power buttons do----then look to see if Fast start is enabled or disabled. If it's enabled and you want to see if it helps your problem by disabling it, click on 'Change settings that are currently unavailable' (which is at the top of that last page)
I keep mine disabled...always.
https://www.howtogeek.com/243901/the-pros-and-cons-of-windows-10s-fast-startup-mode/
Please check Hazelnut's advice.
And also the setting for 'Startup Boost' in Edge itself, turn it off.
But you still haven't confirmed just what problem you are having.
Is it a popup, or a browser opening? Does it happen all the time or only occasionally?
You belive it's caused by CCleaner, it may be, but does it only happen after you have run CCleaner? What happens on the machines that still have CCleaner installed if you don't actually run CCleaner?
Also do you have your machines setup to run CCleaner when the computer starts? (under CCleaner Options... Settings)
It appears that the lock screen thing may be working. I don't get how it's connected to ccleaner.
1 minute ago, sussertown said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents ipsClearfix" data-gramm="false"> <p> It appears that the lock screen thing may be working. I don't get how it's connected to ccleaner. </p> </div>
What do you mean by Lock Screen thing?
Did you mean Fast Start.
To be sure, where did you get ccleaner from ? If not the official page you may have a problem
you suggested going to the lock screen so I did. Personalization/lock screen. It worked. I'm finished. thanks.