47 minutes ago, redwolfe_98 said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> here is a website where you can test to see which DNS servers your browser is using: </p> <p> <a href="https://www.dnsleaktest.com/results.html" rel="external nofollow">https://www.dnsleaktest.com/results.html</a> </p> </div>
sorry. posted the wrong URL:
I use the Google public DNS only. My reading of the Internet info on Firefox is that FF bypasses the hosts file whether you're on a secure DNS or not, while my Chrome browser uses the hosts file. Thanks for your suggestions and your interest in this thread, though.
Windows Registry Editor>
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform\CCleaner]
"(Cfg)WelcomeScreen"
I tried every solution I could find but nothing worked. Regardless of the value changes it always reverted back. Next thought, rename the file which I did a week ago and so far Welcome Back has not showed up again.
@AnaRonThanks for reporting that novel attempt. Good luck. May the pest never resurface.
@redwolfe_98: I found the instructions for turning Firefox's default DoH setting OFF. So now I'll check on it every once in a while, to make sure the OFF stays OFF. My experience with my CCleaner installs has made me wary of programs resetting themselves in ways I don't like. Good luck to me.
6 hours ago, AnaRon said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> "(Cfg)WelcomeScreen" </p> <p> Next thought, rename the file which I did a week ago and so far Welcome Back has not showed up again. </p> </div>
It just hit me that I'm not sure what "file" you renamed. Did you change (Cfg)WelcomeScreen to something else, like maybe "(Cfg)WelcomeAnnoyance"?
21 hours ago, AnaRon said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> Windows Registry Editor> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform\CCleaner] "(Cfg)WelcomeScreen" </p> <p> I tried every solution I could find but nothing worked. Regardless of the value changes it always reverted back. Next thought, rename the file which I did a week ago and so far Welcome Back has not showed up again. </p> </div>
What worked for me is either deleting "(Cfg)WelcomeScreen" from the registry or setting it to anything but "1", and blocking CCleaner from accessing "shepherd.ff.avast.com". This can be done either through hosts file, firewall, router... whatever works (or is easier) for you.
Crni, changing the value worked until reboot and it always reverts back to "0". So far renaming has worked great but will keep your blocking suggest in my file in case there is another reappearance.
8 hours ago, Crni said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> What worked for me is either deleting "(Cfg)WelcomeScreen" from the registry or setting it to anything but "1", and blocking CCleaner from accessing "shepherd.ff.avast.com". This can be done either through hosts file, firewall, router... whatever works (or is easier) for you. </p> </div>
@Crni: As AnaRon points out above, resetting the value DWord to 0 or 3 so far has nor succeeded; CCleaner restores its own number (1) after a while.
The blocking may work, though. The jury is still out on that one until we see whether CC catches on and subverts that somehow.
Ok solved!
Not the perfect solution, But it works and you can reboot as many times as you like.
I wrote a HomeScreen.bat file
runs in task scheduler every hour for 1day
runs regedit to change 1 to 0
( as mentioned in previous thread above)
First go to start, run, Regedit , CCleaner, homescreen and change the 1to a 0 as mentioned previously…..
When you’ve done the Regedit , CCleaner, homescreen , and change the 1to a 0 as mentioned previously, you then right click and make a shortcut of that .reg file
then write a .bat file
@echo off
regedit /s F:\backup\reg\cc\homscreen.reg
then create basic task schedule to run at logon the .bat file every hour
Program/Script:
browse for your .bat file
add arguments :
scritp.bat
start in:
F:\backup\
DONE !
@Trojan132Weeeell, to start with, you've got to remember that HomeScreen and WelcomeScreen are very different animals. The former determines whether you start in Health Check or Custom Clean; the latter, whether you see the "Welcome Back, Jerk!" screen when you launch CCleaner. ?
But maybe more importantly, if you're going to recommend batch-file writing to other users, many of whom will not be familiar with batch files at all, you have to be very careful to avoid typos. Scritp and homscreen won't work.
And finally, if you're going to mention a drive in a batch file, you need to know that the reader actually HAS such a drive. I'll bet that most of the readers of this thread have no F:\ drive at all.
But thanks for your participation in this thread. And welcome to the forum!
Well, IT'S BACK! Almost two weeks and my renamed file is still there and CCleaner put in a new (Cfg)WelcomeScreen. Back to the drawing board.
58 minutes ago, Wisewiz said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/profile/103067-trojan132/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="103067" href="<___base_url___>/profile/103067-trojan132/" rel="">@Trojan132</a>Weeeell, to start with, you've got to remember that HomeScreen and WelcomeScreen are very different animals. The former determines whether you start in Health Check or Custom Clean; the latter, whether you see the "Welcome Back, Jerk!" screen when you launch CCleaner. <span class="ipsEmoji">?</span></p> <p> But maybe more importantly, if you're going to recommend batch-file writing to other users, many of whom will not be familiar with batch files at all, you have to be very careful to avoid typos. Scritp and homscreen won't work. </p> <p> And finally, if you're going to mention a drive in a batch file, you need to know that the reader actually HAS such a drive. I'll bet that most of the readers of this thread have no F:\ drive at all. </p> <p> But thanks for your participation in this thread. And welcome to the forum! </p> </div>
Sorry for typos …. Just trying to help stop the annoying welcome screen with all the ccleaner junk on it.
which then gives you the error message…
Btw . You can call your.reg file any name you want.
welcome.reg
ccleanerjunkwelcome.reg
My apologies for the spelling mistake correction below ….
Program/Script:
browse-for-your.bat. file
add arguments :
script.bat
start in:
F:\backup\
You know what makes me laugh?
The ony real issue with this new screen, apart from the look, is that in a very limited number of circumstances where you want to change the Custom Clean ticks/unticks before cleaning then you have to make one extra click.
Otherwise the 'Run Cleaner' and 'Analyze' buttons are right there, (or 'Scan' if you have Health Check set as your homepage) and you can click them before the guff on the right has even loaded.
People have been (and still are) messing about with the registry, firewalls, host files, and who knows what else just for the sake of how a screen looks.
How many extra clicks worth of time would you say all that was that you have been wasting?
Why did Piriform change things in the first place ? Why did Piriform feel the need to put in an extra tick... I mean it's pointless.
1 hour ago, Wisewiz said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/profile/103067-trojan132/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="103067" href="<___base_url___>/profile/103067-trojan132/" rel="">@Trojan132</a>Weeeell, to start with, you've got to remember that HomeScreen and WelcomeScreen are very different animals. The former determines whether you start in Health Check or Custom Clean; the latter, whether you see the "Welcome Back, Jerk!" screen when you launch CCleaner. <span class="ipsEmoji">?</span></p> <p> But maybe more importantly, if you're going to recommend batch-file writing to other users, many of whom will not be familiar with batch files at all, you have to be very careful to avoid typos. Scritp and homscreen won't work. </p> <p> And finally, if you're going to mention a drive in a batch file, you need to know that the reader actually HAS such a drive. I'll bet that most of the readers of this thread have no F:\ drive at all. </p> <p> But thanks for your participation in this thread. And welcome to the forum! </p> </div>
Sorry hope this is better….
batch file wrote in notepad saved as:
welcomejunkccleanerannoyingpage.bat
@echo off
regedit /s C:\ccleaner\regedit\welcomejunk.reg
18 minutes ago, nukecad said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> You know what makes me laugh? </p> <p> The ony <u>real</u> issue with this new screen, apart from the look, is that in a very limited number of circumstances where you want to change the Custom Clean ticks/unticks before cleaning then you have to make one extra click. </p> <p> Otherwise the 'Run Cleaner' and 'Analyze' buttons are right there, (or 'Scan' if you have Health Check set as your homepage) and you can click them before the guff on the right has even loaded. </p> <p> People have been (and still are) messing about with the registry, firewalls, host files, and who knows what else just for the sake of how a screen looks. How many extra clicks worth of time would you say all that was that you have been wasting? </p> </div>
You misunderstand , this new
welcome screen junk page
(as people have been calling It )
brings up an error message ccleaner has stopped working . See image above.
If you have task schedule to run
ccleaner/AUTOSC,
CCleaner at set times of the day.
you get this
Definitely a faulty script or a bug in v6.13 rollout
come on guys sort this out
/ AUTOSC is there to be used !
@Trojan132 ??
1 hour ago, nukecad said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents"> <p> "just for the sake of how a screen looks." </p> </div>
I think that captures precisely what the developers accomplished with the new splash screen.
And it's just as annoying as the splash screens of yesteryear were. But there's no switch to kill it, like the splash screen switches of most applications and utilities had.
1 hour ago, hazelnut said:<div class="ipsQuote_contents ipsClearfix" data-gramm="false"> <p> <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/profile/73689-nukecad/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="73689" href="<___base_url___>/profile/73689-nukecad/" rel="">@nukecad</a> </p> <p> Why did Piriform change things in the first place ? Why did Piriform feel the need to put in an extra tick... I mean it's pointless. </p> </div>
Agreed, but it's happened and they aren't going to take it away again.
So you might as well get used to using it as it is, rather than trying to customise something that wasn't intended to be customised.
Ignore how it looks and just click the one button that is all you need to click to run a clean or an analyze.
That's no different to before, just one click.
@Trojan132 Thanks, that command line switch error is a new one that I hadn't seen mentioned before.
Is that one you have set up yourself or is it using the 'Cleaning Schedule' option built into CCleaner ?
Don't get me wrong here, I'm not championing the change, I'm just saying that it is what it is and so we might as well all get used to it.