CCleaner Version 6.12.10459 ? [not a release - do not use]

[Racerbob]

What is the current official release version of CCleaner? 6.12.10455 ? or 6.12.10459 as was presented by MajorGeeks yesterday. 

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/ccleaner_standard.html

I installed this and I am currently running 6.12.10459. 

[redwolfe_98]

you can look at the releasenotes webpage to see what the current released version is:

https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge?c=release-announcement

the latest current release is build 6.11.10455

there also are "announcements," here, in the forum, for the latest current releases.

 

[Racerbob]

2 hours ago, redwolfe_98 said:

you can look at the releasenotes webpage to see what the current released version is:

https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge?c=release-announcement

the latest current release is build 6.11.10455

there also are "announcements," here, in the forum, for the latest current releases.

 

OK, but this still does not explain why 6.12.10459 was made available and it is installed on my computer right now. And why did MajorGeeks post it and provide download links to it yesterday. But now the link to the exe file is dead. It was apparently on the CCleaner servers and then pulled. 

[Nergal]

It was never on public facing link (if not a private internal build), MajorGeeks has done this before.  The link was probably taken down at the request of ccleaner staff, after moderation asked staff about the build to clarify your query.

[Dave CCleaner]

On 03/05/2023 at 22:40, Racerbob said:

why did MajorGeeks post it

The same reason that any publication wants to scoop their rivals for the latest news. 

That we publish our builds in a known location with a known naming convention makes it easy for someone to keep hitting ccsetup[currentversion+1].exe until it no longer returns a 404 error - but that's not such a great idea since that method misses patch releases (like 6.11.10455) and can inadvertently pick up release candidates that are subsequently withdrawn before release, or that are stray files never actually intended for release.  (Better instead to put a monitor on the announcements section of this forum site, or on https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge?c=release-announcement.)

CCleaner version releases are approximately monthly and are generally 3-5 weeks apart.  As such, you'd reasonably expect to see the official CCleaner 6.12 release at some point in the back half of May.  6.12.10459 is not a release candidate or even a beta, but a work-in-progress build - not released and will never be released in that form.  It is likely to be missing elements that will later appear in the official 6.12 release and has not been subject to any QA.  If you mistakenly installed it from a 3rd party website, we recommend uninstalling and reverting to the latest official version, which is 6.11.4055.

Moral to the story: If a new version of CCleaner hasn't been announced here or on ccleaner.com, then it's not official.

 

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Dave CCleaner
fixed typo

[Dave CCleaner]

CCleaner 6.12.10490 is currently in the process of rolling out now: https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge/ccleaner-v6-12-10490

New goodies include enhancements to Driver Updater, faster load time, and some other bug fixes.  None of which are in 6.12.10459, since that was really just still 6.11.

Unfortunately, MajorGeeks and other such sites who pride themselves on being the first with the news are now going to be a month behind, since they seem convinced they already have 6.12 so are unlikely to be distributing anything new until 6.13 some time in June :-P