doggedin Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 How do I set up ccleaner and defraggler to auto run on system shutdown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 shutdown?? Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggedin Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 shutdown?? Richard S. I'm running windows xp and when I shut the computer off at night it automaticly runs any microsoft updates that are needed before shutting down. Can I set up ccleaner and defraggler to automaticly run when I select system shudown ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 You can launch CCleaner with CCLEANER /AUTO /SHUTDOWN That will clean your machine and then shutdown the P.C., and Updates can then happen as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggedin Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 You can launch CCleaner with CCLEANER /AUTO /SHUTDOWN That will clean your machine and then shutdown the P.C., and Updates can then happen as usual. The problem is, when I double click the icon, the ccleaner main page comes up and I don't have the option to change the launch criteria... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Just drag/drop to the desktop a short cut to CCleaner. Double click the short and it works as you say. Now right click the short-cut and select properties I see as the "Target" something like C:\Program Files\Cleaner\Cleaner.exe and I append " /AUTO /SHUTDOWN" C:\Program Files\Cleaner\Cleaner.exe /AUTO /SHUTDOWN That should do what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggedin Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 I did as you recommended and got an error box that says the target area selected is not valid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted September 6, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 6, 2011 You may have the spacing wrong, and in case you deleted them, you need the inverted commas. Copy and paste this ... "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /AUTO /SHUTDOWN Make sure you don't miss the inverted commas at the beginning of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Sorry I forgot the quotes. Like I said "something like" ! ! ! I simply took my own short-cut as a basis because I use the portable version hence H:\Utils\CCleaner\Cleaner.exe /AUTO /SHUTDOWN which has no quotes because the path is "DOS LEGAL" - i.e no spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggedin Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Sucess ! I have no idea what was wrong the first time as I did a cut and paste to be sure I got it right..Worked this time, thank you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted September 6, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 6, 2011 If it's of any use to you, I have my shortcut in the "Quick Launch" menu. One click, clean and shutdown, and there's a different icon available for that if you want to distinguish it from the regular CCleaner icon ... http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=16551 Just thought I'd mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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