Comments on: Microsoft’s Gov Maharaj gently denounced CCleaner

By: Robert Smart

Robert Smart — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:57:00 +0000

Just as “Oils Ain’t Oils”, Programmers Ain’t Programmers” … You don’t know what you’re missing …

By: Robert Smart

Robert Smart — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:50:00 +0000

In reply to Mark Newman. You don't have to back up the registry yourself, Ccleaner offers you the option before cleaning it, duh. Microsoft Registry is the slowest database on Earth and is a pain in the butt. Empty the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of cash that belongs to Microsoft users because they paid for an OS that is not "Fit for Use" and give it to another company to write a lean mean OS powerhouse?

By: LAUGHATRACISTS

LAUGHATRACISTS — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:54:00 +0000

In reply to Zezu Zaza.

So CCleaner makes your others software crashed, and you know that CCleaner was the culprit? But wait.. it also caused Windows to bluescreen? So you’re saying that you used CCleaner and after running CCleaner all of you applications crashed and then it bluescreened Windows. Yet somehow, Wise Care 365 would miraculously run and impossibly preemptively prevent Windows from bluescreening to allow you to run it… AMAZING!

Or, is it possible that everything you wrote is a bunch of sh1t that leaked from the sack of sh1t that is you and your spam.

By: Zezu Zaza

Zezu Zaza — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 06:30:00 +0000

i dont use CCleaner because everytime i used that thing, it makes my others software crashed and this i blame windows for bluesceen. The bluescreen is the protection to windows crashed. Then I installed Wise Care 365 and it perfectly restored all the encountered error and makes my program running smooth without crashed again. I totally suggest to used Wise Care 365 instead of Ccleaner.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:03:00 +0000

I ONLY use the junk cleaner portion and NEVER the registry cleaner, yet I still got a black screen after running CCleaner. I restored my system and everything seems to be back to normal. But I won’t be reinstalling or using CCleaner again just to stay on the safe side. I checked my graphics and other drivers and they’re all up to date. I also ran Malwarebytes and Avast! and everything is in order. Not saying it was CCleaner but it’s a bit odd it happened after I used CCleaner.

By: Phate

Phate — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 06:54:00 +0000

I use Iobit uninstaller because it will remove any left over registry entries & left over files etc after uninstalling a program & it has never caused me any issues.

By: Kenneth Cole

Kenneth Cole — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:23:00 +0000

Having worked with several linux distros, and windows since around the 98 era, I’d have to disagree, windows registry and junk files do need to be cleaned. However as with any system utility that a normal user can use, use with caution. If you don’t know what something is or does, then don’t delete it. It will be there later, look it up and ask, nine times out of 10 it will be something you can delete, but look first, and save yourself some headaches later.

By: John Ryan Farson

John Ryan Farson — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 19:15:00 +0000

they need to fix their problems first before saying another program is the cause of all the problems first of all i had a older computer that had vista and for 6 years it kept trying to install the same update so i got worn out by the continuing annoyance installed ccleaner and ran the 2 cleaners and bam no more messed up update

By: Timothy Zhu

Timothy Zhu — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:17:00 +0000

I would agree that you shouldn’t use CCleaner’s registry cleaner. But for junk files, it’s been great.

By: Norman Bates

Norman Bates — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:29:00 +0000

5 years of using CCleaner, 0 problems…

By: Digerati

Digerati — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:20:00 +0000

A 27 minute video with lots of useful information and the take is the 10 seconds on CCleaner which really said nothing? 🙁 The reference was about the very few people having problems upgrading to W10 from W7 yet the focus here is CCleaner’s registry cleaner. How is the registry cleaner, which does NOT run in memory during Windows upgrades!!!!!, prevent W10 from installing?
This seems to me to simply be registry cleaner bashing where sadly it is assumed all registry cleaners and system “optimizers” that promise miracles are the same. CCleaner is not the same as all other registry cleaners and again, it does not run in the background either.

By: clayto

clayto — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:32:00 +0000

In reply to MmeMoxie.

I have used CCleaner for a great many years and now on Windows 10, mainly to clear junk, without any problems being identified. But for a few years I have not used the registry cleaner function as there is so much advice from technicians to leave it alone. CCleaner does however prompt you to backup the registry first, and automates it if you choose.
I have a few other junk cleaners too, as part of suites of utilities such as Glary Utilities, but do not use their registry functions, plus there is Windows’ own quite effective disk cleaner.
Dedicated registry cleaners are often marketed in what seems to me an unethical way, with exaggerated claims, so that is another reason to avoid them.
I need junk cleaners now because I have an SSD tablet with quite limited storage space. SSDs should not be defragmented so I no longer use that function either.