mrpbnm Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think CCLeaner runs extremely slowly. It used to run and close down in a few seconds. Now it takes forever. For example: today I did an analysis before running the actual cleaner (something I never do). It took 2 minutes and 4 seconds to clean ~18 MB of files while set at "Secure file deletion (slower) Simple overwrite (1 pass)". Doesn't that seem excessive for such a small amount of data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 25, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 25, 2013 If you use winapp2.ini and/or CCEnhancer remove them first to see if it speeds up CCleaner. Also according to the screenshot IE had 1475 files and since most installed antivirus will scan everything that CCleaner is removing and coupling that along with any secure deletion mode can equal a time penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodles Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Also overwrite slows the cleanings. Your analysis shows (only) 0.814 secs. You are running 5 months old version so I'd recommend to update to the latest CCleaner version (v3.28.1913). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Actually the screenshot shows an analysis of 167.1 MB Why was only 18 MB cleaned. Since you have not updated CCleaner for 5 months there must be a change in your system. Perhaps a new anti-malware system that interferes with CCleaner actions Perhaps a virus infection that is restricting performance - and also doing far worse things than slowing down CCleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpbnm Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 All good points. I will try to fix the issues noted above and get more data. I'll let you know what I find. 1st step update CCleaner... Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 26, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2013 I wonder if you untick the cleaning of McAfee Antivirus if that could improve your speed. I know some antivirus software dislikes anything deleting logs, etc. But then again after I just did a 1-pass secure deletion of VLCPortable ("VLC Media Player Portable") it took a long time to get rid of it, so the amount of files, the file size, etc., could cause the slowdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpbnm Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 Well I first updated to the latest version. That didn't fix it. Then I turned off the 1 pass secure deletion. That made a world of difference: cleaning 300 MB took seconds instead of minutes. The question is: "How clean is clean without any overwrite?" Would it be a simple matter to undelete all of the files that appear to be deleted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted April 2, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2013 without overwrite it's like pressing SHIFT+DELETE which is fine for what ccleaner's main goal is:junk cleaning if you want secure you have to deal with the extra time it takes to, well, securely wipe. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpbnm Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thanks Nergal. That's what needed to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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