Try firewall rules:
CCleaner very slow startup time on my Windows 10 Pro x64 DELL laptop.

Run Powershell as admin:

Open Elevated Windows PowerShell in Windows 10

Then copy and paste:

If you are clicking on that instead of the program's shortcut it will reinstall Ccleaner.

Thanks I can see that there is a trial version but no free version. All I can say is that when I used it I was very happy with it.

I see a recommendation which probably still makes sense:

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Ditto on that but i fear that only advanced users will be able to make the best use of it. On the other hand if you are just browsing and checking email and maybe installing the odd program then it...

As far as I can work out the options it offers are not available via CleanMgr or any method in the linked tutorials but I could be wrong.

I does clear event logs without fuss. I prefer my own...

I see what you mean.


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It works okay but as has already been stated there are a ton of other system cleaning apps.

I clicked that red arrow before posting and got an empty box. Maybe that was before selecting anything for cleaning. I will try again tomorrow.

Thanks for pointing that out. I only got the verification check after clicking through multiple links but it did not get stuck in a loop.

For info: Browser Librewolf with Tracking Protection and...

So I tried clearing event logs. I can see that it works. System Informer shows me that it's using wevtutil.exe but there is no indication from within Zero that it is doing anything. I prefer...

prefs file won't be the problem. It could take some troubleshooting:

How To Fix Verify You Are Human Loop on Cloudflare

I visit that site (fanfiction) and there is no verification. It just lets...

It's likely scanning it's own history so clear defender history. Note: If you're working on something when you run this then save because a safe mode reboot will be initiated.

ClearDefenderHistory...

It's a mystery to me. I've just checked my machine at work (Windows 10 Pro) 22H2 and it does not have that template but my machine a home also (Windows 10 Pro) 22H2 does have it.

I'm guessing that this is what you need:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-sa/download/details.aspx?id=104677

Run the file to install.

I should have but took the screenshot when mentally focused on the update task and then could not be bothered to take another screenshot and edit it.

You've probably got PDF file association set to open in a browser like Edge or Chrome so change it to Adobe Acrobat.

How to set Acrobat Reader or Acrobat your default PDF program on Windows 10

FYI: They state:

Standard Legal's PDF Format - Ask Standard Legal


REQUIREMENT #1: to open and use any Standard Legal PDF, you must have either the FREE Adobe Reader or the commercially...

FYI: It doesn't seem to be Group Policy issue (gpedit.msc) as you stated. The error message mentions security policy. (secpol.msc)

[Fixed] EFI USB Device Blocked by Current Security Policy
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You are on Windows 10 so I don't know why you see this update. It's for Windows 11.

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=kb5035942

Click the links on the page for more info.
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This might be of interest but I have never run this particular fix:


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I read that it's possible to export Group Policies from another machine then import them. I've never tried that...

Settings don't stick unless you choose to save them to file.


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I haven't needed JRE for years. What's the program that needs it installed?

Parsing MFT probably won't reveal anything useful. Here's a link to a couple of screenshots when I used a no longer available utility to parse MFT.

Looking inside MFT - Windows 7 Forums

RE: Registry Clean button

The best I can come up with is just exclude everything so that it cannot be cleaned even accidentally. I've never run the registry clean component on the machine that I'm...

Actually I stand corrected. I just ran 590 on another machine with hacks applied and I see:


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There is a warning that it is more than 30 versions out of date so must be updated. I just...

If you want portable:


https://download.ccleaner.com/portable/ccsetup578.zip