PSIService.exe

CCleaner for Windows
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Hello everyone,

I have a problem with CCleaner removing a file called PSIService.exe I can only view it in Task Manager on a Windows XP SP3 machine.

It's an authentication cookie (I think) that is part of Corel's Paint Shop Photo X2 or PSPX2. PSPX2 won't run without it. I have to reinstall/repair the program everytime CCleaner removes it.

I have done a search of my files and found the exact file and folder. I put them (and anything else I found) on the ignore list yet CCleaner still removes it about every 5th time I use scan.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Anyone know of a fix or workaround?

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Are you using the Registry cleaner ?

The only items cleaned by the Corel PaintShopPro X2 section are Registry keys, so it would be a really big bug if it deleted something else.

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I'm using CCleaner version 2.30.1130

Copyright 2005-2010 Piriform Ltd.

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The attached file is a photo of my current settings for CCleaner.

It's what I see when I first open it up.

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Please update CCleaner, latest is 2.31 : http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Maybe it has fixed that bug.

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I see this service annoys quite a few folk

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/07/19/how-to-disable-and-uninstall-protexis-licensing-service-psiservice-exe/

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Hazelnut, I love you.

It works perfectly now without the PSIService.exe showing up in the Task Manager.

Thank you so very much!

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Hazelnut, I love you.

I say.. steady on.. I'm English! :wub::)

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I see this service annoys quite a few folk

http://www.mydigital...psiservice-exe/

1. One super easy way to deal with it without those instructions of renaming/deleting files is to set it to the startup type 'Manual', thus not destroying it should it be needed again which will avoid reinstalling a whole software package.

2. Then create shortcuts in the offending software's start menu group with that service which will allow for it to be started/stopped only when wanting to use the software that requires it.

Of course doing that means having to use the manually created shortcuts for starting/stopping it.

Example of two shortcuts I've made in the Corel start menu folder to manually control the Protexis Licensing V2 service:

Start:

Name: Start Protexis Licensing V2

Shortcut properties/path/target: net start "Protexis Licensing V2"

Shutdown:

Name: Shutdown Protexis Licensing V2

Shortcut properties/path/target: net stop "Protexis Licensing V2"