TKruzze Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I installed CCleaner using the 'Slim' installer on Windows 7 x64. I have also set CCleaner to 'Run CCleaner when the computer starts' However, after uninstalling CCleaner, the registry entry for the above Auto start still remains in the registry (see entry below). HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run","ccleaner",0x0,"""C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe"" /AUTO" While this won't necessarily cause any major problems, it really is not good programming etiquette to leave this behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Maybe it is still needed somehow. I love computer maintenance tasks. Some of my favorite programs: Wordpad -basic word processing Notepad - temporary clipboard and basic scripting module Windows Media Player 12- video, music and online radio player Windows Media Center - live TV, local FM radio CCleaner- handy computer maintenance tool If something fails to work after using the registry cleaner, use SYSTEM RESTORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKruzze Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 Maybe it is still needed somehow. I'm not certain I follow. Why would you want to launch a program on system start that no longer exists? All this will do is generate errors and accomplish nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 If Windows can't find the file that that key is refering to then it won't cause an error. Windows simply moves on to the next task. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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