Windows 10: missing icons and changing names of programs

Cerawy said:

Still have a problem. I have to download ccleaner occasionally to change the names of my programs and then uninstall it again. I'd like a more convenient solution when it comes to changing the names of my programs.

I don't use Steam so I don't know why it having it installed would interfere but you don't need to install CCleaner.

You can use the portable version - just stick the folder from the link below somewhere and run it (click on CCleaner64.exe) when you want. It will not interfere with anything when you aren't using it.

CCleaner - Portable

lx07 said:

I don't use Steam so I don't know why it having it installed would interfere but you don't need to install CCleaner.

You can use the portable version - just stick the folder from the link below somewhere and run it (click on CCleaner64.exe) when you want. It will not interfere with anything when you aren't using it.

CCleaner - Portable

It's well known that ccleaner conflics with vac games on steam, see valves post.

I think its a bit inconvenient to install/uninstall ccleaner whenever i want to rename my programs.

That's why im looking for a better solution.

Then don't install it and use the portable version as I said.

The post you linked to said

If you are running any of the following software, please disable it while playing:
CCleaner
PowerShell

etc, etc

CCleaner can run as a service (if you bought the paid version) but normally it doesn't. PowerShell is not something you can disable at all - it is a part of Windows OS (like the cmd prompt). They clearly don't mean don't use PowerShell - just don't run random scripts in the middle of a game.

Best solution - run CCleaner (portable just in case) when you are not in the middle of a game. Then you are covered.

That is (to be clear): save and exit game, run CCleaner, start game again. Or just run it when you finish or before you start.

lx07 said:

Best solution - run CCleaner (portable just in case) when you are not in the middle of a game. Then you are covered.

Yes, but then i have to uninstall it again, reinstall it when i need it and uninstall it again. It's not a good solution.

Cerawy said:

Yes, but then i have to uninstall it again, reinstall it when i need it and uninstall it again. It's not a good solution.

No you don't. A portable program is not installed. It just sits there doing nothing like any other file (a picture of your cat for example).

You tap on it - it does its thing then you close it and it does nothing. You don't have to uninstall it as it was never installed.

That is what a portable program means. It means it is not installed.

Just give it a double tap when you want it to run.

lx07 said:

No you don't. A portable program is not installed. It just sits there doing nothing like any other file (a picture of your cat for example).

You tap on it - it does its thing then you close it and it does nothing. You don't have to uninstall it as it was never installed.

That is what a portable program means. It means it is not installed.

Just give it a double tap when you want it to run.

Exactly. I have never found the need to install, always use the portable version. It's a .zip file that is extracted into a folder whether on the same drive or in my case to a USB Thumb Drive, hence the portable part.

I get it from CCleaner - Builds.