Removing CCLEANER from STARTUP

CCleaner for Windows
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You may have noticed that if you remove CCLEANER from STARTUP by using Task manager or CCLEANER itself, it always comes back. The solution is to go into CCLEANER --> Options --> Monitoring then uncheck 'enable system monitoring' and 'active monitoring'.

This is essential if you use satellite broadband and CCLEANER! Somewhat annoyingly, CCLEANER does not recognize 'metered connection' in windows 10 and turn itself off from the internet, a bug that needs fixing.

What the option should ideally be is: 'updates' divided into two columns 'unmetered', 'metered'. Under each it should have a drop down: 'never perform update check', 'check for updates and warn', 'check for updates and auto-install'. There should be an additional check box 'check for updates when launched'. That way you can run ccleaner on your yacht / plane (whatever...) even when you are miles away!

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Ccleaner isn't using the internet except for checking if there's a new build.

It also seems obvious to me that if you have monitoring turned on, the program will start with Windows

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To remove more recent versions of Ccleaner from startup:

Monitoring was renamed "smart cleaning." If that's on, Ccleaner will put itself into startup. If you go to Options, Smart Cleaning, and uncheck the Enable line, CC will remove itself from startup (as long as you have already unchecked "run at startup" from Options, Settings).