CCleaner taking forever to analyze System Temp files under Windows 10
My apologies if this has been asked/answered before - but my Search didn't find anything.
I have used CCleaner for years, and had the Professional version, when it started struggling with analyzing System Temp files under Windows 10 - I mean hours - where it never had a problem before. I eventually found that if I uninstalled CCleaner, and then re-installed it, it would work just fine the first time I ran it, but the second time I used it it would again take hours.
Has anyone else exp
It could be a few things causing this. Which CCleaner version are you using BTW?
One that seems to be a regular culprit is a corrupt recycle bin.
It happens and is fairly easy to fix: https://forum.piriform.com/topic/42673-corrupted-recycle-bin-fix/
Some have reported that running Windows built in Disk Cleanup will often clear whatever System File blockage it was that was causing CCleaner to take so much time, and CC runs more quickly afterwards.
Run Disk Cleanup once for 'normal'