The option to skip User Account Control warning is great. However:
The "skip" setting is unchecked each time I change the user on my computer. Merely rebooting as the same user does NOT uncheck the "skip" setting. But switching to a new user removes the "skip" checkmark.
I have the latest update to the free CCleaner, and I am using Windows 7-64 bit.
In my view you are requesting for your personal convenience the INTRODUCTION of a dangerous bug that will hurt others.
Just because one user wants to risk trashing the computer it should remain for other users a free choice and not a new and unexpected default risk.
if I recall correctly All (registry based) ccleaner setting are per user. You could try the option to save settings in ini file, run ccleaner as admin turn off the ccleaner UAC setting (unsure if available with ini as UAC bypass is a setting I don't use.)
UAC Skip is saved to .ini as SkipUAC=1 for yes, & 0 for no.
If user selects such...
In my view you are requesting for your personal convenience the INTRODUCTION of a dangerous bug that will hurt others.
Just because one user wants to risk trashing the computer it should remain for other users a free choice and not a new and unexpected default risk.
Just curious. How is UAC skip a "dangerous bug"? I'd love to know more on this. I've seen no dangerous side effects of it being enabled on my system.
Just curious. How is UAC skip a "dangerous bug"? I'd love to know more on this. I've seen no dangerous side effects of it being enabled on my system.
The "Administrator" may uncheck the options which he prefers to avoid.
He may decide that he knows what he is unleashing and can skip UAC.
Other users may have less competence and may check options they should not have checked,
and UAC may be the last warning they see before a BSOD.
Running CCleaner may cause a blue screen? Horrors....
When UAC is presented, do I click yes or no? What to do?
While it is true that if a user can never use CCleaner, they may be somewhat safer, I rather buy a brick than a PC I cannot use.
As administrator on our family computer I prefer to reserve full power to myself with UAC disabled,
but keep other users subject to UAC and unable to clean anything other than their own profiles.
I do not want them "improving" the system files and thus turning the computer into a brick.
Regardless, this UAC "hole" you speak about is something that would be present, whether included by default in CCleaner or not.
Users would simply copy the UAC skip to the scheduled tasks folder, whether manually, or via silent SFX execution.
If your concerned about a user not abiding by UAC, I would think that is what a limited account is for.
You can reserve full control to you, & limit the rest to a password protected limited user account + UAC.
please carry out your discussion on UAC outside of this thread.
To Mvano
if, against advisement, you feel all users should be able to skip UAC then try to
run ccleaner with UAC
go to setting advanced
put a tic mark in save all setting to ini file
place a tic mark in Skip UAC
then open
task scheduler (windows start menu type task scheduler accept UAC)
highlight task schedule library
right click export the task CCleanerSkipUAC
save the xml to a shared location
log off
log each user on
open task scheduler import task