magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Hey everybody. First post. Im just wondering why ccleaner.exe and uninst.exe are listed in my startup programs? They just appeared on the list a few days ago, and were never there before (Im positive about that, i only have 4 other programs listed). If i try to disable or delete them, it actually deletes the corresponding file from the c:\program files\ccleaner folder. Why are they there? What is actually starting up? BTW, the Key= Startup User Any help or input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2009 Have you had a look in ccleaner>options>settings, to make sure run ccleaner at startup isn't ticked? Welcome to the forum by the way Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Have you had a look in ccleaner>options>settings, to make sure run ccleaner at startup isn't ticked? Welcome to the forum by the way Thanks for the welcome. Yes that was the first thing i looked at. Sorry i forgot to put that in my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Thanks for the welcome. Yes that was the first thing i looked at. Sorry i forgot to put that in my post. SO well.. is it ticked? Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Sorry. No its not checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2009 Forgive the question but where is this startup list? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Something similar to this? :S http://www.q2down.com/vb/showthread.php?p=4146 Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 There is already a topic related to this http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...mp;#entry110130 Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 And, BTW where did you get the CCleaner installer from? Don't tell me.. some trash site Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted June 5, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2009 Do you have ccleaner set to check for updates? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Forgive the question but where is this startup list? in ccleaner tools-startup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Something similar to this? :S http://www.q2down.com/vb/showthread.php?p=4146 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 And, BTW where did you get the CCleaner installer from? Don't tell me.. some trash site Nope not a trash site http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Do you have ccleaner set to check for updates? no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Just IMHO.. Post a HijackThis log in the Spyware Hell forum. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 There is already a topic related to this http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showto...mp;#entry110130 Sorry I did a search before my post didnt find that. BTW thats from a year ago with no resolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Sorry I did a search before my post didnt find that.BTW thats from a year ago with no resolution Yeah I know, seems this problem is very peculiar. All I know is, that those 2 entries in your Start Up list.. is not from CCleaner. If you've not observed already, the File Path is not listed! Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 HijackThis log looks ok. Thanks for the help ishan_rulz and hazelnut. Anybody had this problem, and found a solution?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbus71 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Ok, its fixed. Heres the solution if anybodys interested. BTW, this machine is runnin vista home premium sp2. Move the ccleaner start menu folder: From: C:\Users\"USER NAME HERE"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (User start menu) To: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (All users start menu) Step by step: Right click start menu orb, select "open" Double click "programs" folder Right click "ccleaner" folder and select "cut" Close that window Right click start menu orb, select "open all users" Double click "programs" folder Right click on an empty area in the window, and select "paste" (make sure its an empty area, so that you dont paste it into another folder. maximize window if necessary) Close that window Open ccleaner, and the 2 files (ccleaner.exe and uninst.exe) will be gone from the startup list. Note: this will make ccleaner available to all users of the computer, so dont do it if you dont want other users using ccleaner. I'm not sure why ccleaner does this, where other programs dont. Maybe a ccleaner bug, maybe a windows bug (not likely). Or maybe its intentional, to keep inexperienced users on the pc from runnin ccleaner. Although there wasn't any problems with havin those files in the startup list, it just bothered me. Hope this helps somebody. I couldn't find a fix anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grnmeadow Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Ok, its fixed. Heres the solution if anybodys interested. BTW, this machine is runnin vista home premium sp2. Move the ccleaner start menu folder: From: C:\Users\"USER NAME HERE"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (User start menu) To: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (All users start menu) Step by step: Right click start menu orb, select "open" Double click "programs" folder Right click "ccleaner" folder and select "cut" Close that window Right click start menu orb, select "open all users" Double click "programs" folder Right click on an empty area in the window, and select "paste" (make sure its an empty area, so that you dont paste it into another folder. maximize window if necessary) Close that window Open ccleaner, and the 2 files (ccleaner.exe and uninst.exe) will be gone from the startup list. Note: this will make ccleaner available to all users of the computer, so dont do it if you dont want other users using ccleaner. I'm not sure why ccleaner does this, where other programs dont. Maybe a ccleaner bug, maybe a windows bug (not likely). Or maybe its intentional, to keep inexperienced users on the pc from runnin ccleaner. Although there wasn't any problems with havin those files in the startup list, it just bothered me. Hope this helps somebody. I couldn't find a fix anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grnmeadow Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I am also new to this site. I have two questions that I am sure someone out there can help me with. 1. I am using Internet Eraser. Is this the same as CCCleaner? Will it cause a problem if I download CCCleaner? 2. After reading some of these posts, I am concerned about how to use CCCleaner. I know something about computers, but, am not a guru. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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