Latest CCleaner Version Released

f14tomcat said:

Jimbo, you are welcome to your opinion, but I do not think it is shared by all. This thread has been active for 4 1/2 years, so the product has value to many.

Hi there

@f14tomcat

4 1/2 years is a geological era in the time frame of computing -- products that were absolutely essential back then (for example a load of Anti Virus Software etc) has been rendered obsolete in the evolution of modern OS'es, hardware, software etc.

Just because a product has existed for a lengthy period doesn't always mean that its continued existence is either desirable or even merited.

People perhaps should take stock of what they actually have on their computers every so often -- older products invented when there was a real need for them --fine but later developments might certainly offer no extra value due to improvements in OS etc.

If people want to use these things --that's 100% fine -- I'm just saying you might get better value by simply taking regular backups and restoring if a messy product gets installed on to your machine --in any case with decent care those hideously bad behaved products that need special measures to uninstall them shouldn't really get installed in the first place.

Cheers
jimbo

swarfega said:

5.57.7182 has been released. New front page:


Not sure what to make of this easy clean thing.

Hi there

That look more complex to understand for me than just running a simple Macrium image / Restore disk !!!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

Callender said:

EDIT: Also downloaded Slim Build and it does have it. It just looks like a quick clean option for this lot:

Yeah, it seems odd that it removed my thumbnails ? . .




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Updated to CCleaner 5.57 (free version) last night and I don't see any Easy Clean option?

Might have something to do with me always installing/updating CCleaner with the PC disconnected from the Internet these days? After the install/update I disable and delete the 2 CCleaner items in Task Scheduler then delete CCleaner Update from the Program Files folder.

And, before reconnecting to the Internet I use OneClickFirewall to prevent CCleaner from accessing the Internet (tried Windows Firewall once but it just seemed to ignore my settings for blocking CCleaner... hmm.). This also stops things like the annoying "Black Friday" flyout ads from last year appearing.