CCleaner......or is theres something better??

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Gothmog

Any idea why the laptop cannot update ccleaner?
Error message has something to do with writing issue.

Do a System Restore Backup in Windows
Do an uninstall and have Wise do a registry check .
For now , only choose the ones that pertain to CCleaner .
Uncheck ALL others

One day I will let you in on the 2 greatest programs I have for Windows
The only thing that stops me now ?
These are for the S(tuff)HTF desperation occurrences

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Any ideas????

Knowing exactly what the message says could help.


PS: I don't use CCleaner or any other tool like that.

originally posted by: ArMaP

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Any ideas????

Knowing exactly what the message says could help.

PS: I don't use CCleaner or any other tool like that.

Still running windows 7? Or do you re-install often? Or... mac/linux user?
Colour me intrigued

originally posted by: ArMaP

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Any ideas????

Knowing exactly what the message says could help.

PS: I don't use CCleaner or any other tool like that.

Yeah, my bad
I do know better...

Error opening file for writing.

C: program files.........CCleaner64.exe [this line is incomplete by me]

Abort Retry Ignore

I use CCleaner in conjunction with MalwareBytes. No problems on my Windows or Apple machines.

I use Bleachbit, It's free and it works like the original version of ccleaner, without the bloat and processes always running in the background.

originally posted by: Jason79
I use Bleachbit, It's free and it works like the original version of ccleaner, without the bloat and processes always running in the background.

Ummm,
CCleaner DOES NOT run in the background
Not unless you check off the "Start with Windows Option"
It is "On Demand" by default

originally posted by: jtrenthacker
I use CCleaner in conjunction with MalwareBytes. No problems on my Windows or Apple machines.

What is your Internet Security Suite ?
Or , do you use Microsoft Defender for both ?

originally posted by: xuenchen

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Gothmog

Any idea why the laptop cannot update ccleaner?
Error message has something to do with writing issue.

Could be the installer .exe needs to be run as administrator ?

Wait till you see Smart Screen

originally posted by: Rikku
making shortcuts for things like the built in disk clean up tool would be the smartest choice.
all these cleaners don't do anything your pc cant already do.

Actually , they do more than just what disk cleanup does.

originally posted by: GreenGunther
Still running windows 7? Or do you re-install often? Or... mac/linux user?
Colour me intrigued

Windows 7 Pro at work, Windows 10 Pro at home. I never reinstall (or do a clean install, my home computer had originally Windows Vista, was upgraded to Windows 7, then to Windows 8 and finally to Windows 10).
And I have almost 300 programs installed. The first version of Windows 10 wasn't able to show more than 256 items on the Start Menu, so I couldn't see all my programs and had to create a small program myself to have an easy access to them all.

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

Gotta say man, don't listen to all these folks, just get one antivirus program. My favourite is AVG. forget all these little programs for this and that because your antivirus takes care of all that

But the main reason is you can't run more than one AV program on ur computer, they will conflict with one another and both will be useless

Hope you heed my advise and quit screwing around with ur computer, lol if it works don't fix it

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: jtrenthacker
I use CCleaner in conjunction with MalwareBytes. No problems on my Windows or Apple machines.

What is your Internet Security Suite ?
Or , do you use Microsoft Defender for both ?

I don't use a security suite. I rely on Windows Defender for the PC. I just use common sense when browsing the web or opening emails, links, etc. I have never had a problem on either OS.

originally posted by: jtrenthacker

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: jtrenthacker
I use CCleaner in conjunction with MalwareBytes. No problems on my Windows or Apple machines.

What is your Internet Security Suite ?
Or , do you use Microsoft Defender for both ?

I don't use a security suite. I rely on Windows Defender for the PC. I just use common sense when browsing the web or opening emails, links, etc. I have never had a problem on either OS.

Windows Defender IS a Security Suite.
Anti-virus- Check
Firewall - check
BTW , that is what I use .
Already there , free , and very good

originally posted by: ArMaP

originally posted by: GreenGunther
Still running windows 7? Or do you re-install often? Or... mac/linux user?
Colour me intrigued

Windows 7 Pro at work, Windows 10 Pro at home. I never reinstall (or do a clean install, my home computer had originally Windows Vista, was upgraded to Windows 7, then to Windows 8 and finally to Windows 10).
And I have almost 300 programs installed. The first version of Windows 10 wasn't able to show more than 256 items on the Start Menu, so I couldn't see all my programs and had to create a small program myself to have an easy access to them all.

And out of all those 300 programs not a single registry cleaner? Do you ever perform other OS maintenance related tasks?
Perhaps a disk cleanup every once in a while? Maybe some driver updates through 3rd party software? Just curious

originally posted by: GreenGunther
And out of all those 300 programs not a single registry cleaner?

Maybe, but if I have one I do not use it.

Do you ever perform other OS maintenance related tasks?

Yes, but I prefer to do it manually.

Perhaps a disk cleanup every once in a while?

Yes, manually.

Maybe some driver updates through 3rd party software? Just curious

No, driver updates are done manually, directly from the maker.

How critical are the updates for CCleaner?

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

I suppose that depends, if an update is a correction to a bug it's more important than an update that only adds a couple of functionalities.