![]() This introduced a new option in a Windows 10 feature called Storage Sense. Microsoft introduced a new feature into Windows 10 with Creators Update (version 1709). The second fallacy is that you even need CCleaner to do this. It may reduce the amount of hard drive space you use, but it won’t necessarily make your computer run any faster. The first is that deleting files will speed up your computer. The claim is that by regularlyĮmptying files you don’t need, it’ll speed up your computer. Disable Unneeded Startup ProgramsĪnother thing CCleaner promises it can help you with isĭeleting “junk files” from your computer system. There’s really no need to use any registry editor application at all. In and try to “guess” what registry keys are unnecessary? There is also noĮvidence that registry cleaners speed up Windows.Īdd on top of that the fact that Windows 10 is far moreĮffective at managing the registry than all past versions of Windows, and Registry and edit it yourself, why would you let a third-party application go If it’s dangerous for you to manually go through the The reality is that there are stories out there of people experiencingĭamage to their Windows OS by running CCleaner’s registry cleaner. Registry key could potentially corrupt your entire Windows operating system. Just one inadvertent mistake in deleting a It’sĪlso, Microsoft has never recommended running registryĬleaners, nor has it developed its own, mostly because it doesn’t want users ![]() It isn’t an image or video file stored in the registry. The registry (from uninstalling an app, for instance) takes up an insignificantĪmount of space. The reality is that any small number of left-over pieces in Registry cleaners were very popular years ago when computerĭisk memory was very limited, and every small ounce of space was very precious. Registry if they’re unused on your computer: but suffice it to say, with now 4 people having had this happen, it wasn't just a fluke/accident.CCleaner also promises to remove all the following from your I can't say whether the update was implemented through CCleaner itself, or whether it was done through avast's software updater. There is a thread in the CCleaner forum, where at least two other people have reported the same issue: Additionally, I believe I had specifically "told" the avast software updater to "ignore" CCleaner. In avast, the Software Updater has automatic updates turned OFF. ![]() In CCleaner, I had UNchecked all boxes related to automatically searching for updates, as well as for "monitoring" the system. I wouldn't have known about it, except for an alert from WinPatrol that a new scheduled task was trying to be implemented. my CCleaner Free old version (it was something between 5.02 and 5.08, I'm not sure exactly which one) automatically updated itself two nights ago on my WinXP system to 5.41. I would like to confirm that the same thing happened to me. I will definitely NOT be recommending AVAST to anyone.anymore. ![]() This is NOT the "correct" way to proceed.īTW.I did not have AVAST set to check for any "out dated" programs. (To the AVAST Devs.Please remove the ability for your AV program to automatically check for so called, "out dated" programs on yourĬustomers M/C's. What else are you scanning on MY damn M/C? I do NOT need any of the NEW features &/or options.Ī "cookie" manager/cleaner that lists all/many of the sites I've been to & wants to clean them all? You are an Anti-Virus program.NOT an automatic updater of any of MY or anyone elses programs running on their M/C's. How much more underhanded & intrusive are you, AVAST, going to get? If I wanted the latest version of CCleaner, I would have checked & D/L'd it myself. &.What's with all these new settings & options & the terrible "new flat/faded look?" Since CCleaner FREE, v2.34.xx does not have that ability, I take it that AVAST did the update. Who in H$ gave you/them the right or permission to do that? I am most unhappy that my old/er version of CCleaner was automatically updated to v today, after I started my PC.
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