Application: CCleaner
Category: Utilities
Description: CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! 
Release Notes:
6/7/09:
- CCleaner can now be compressed through upx.exe during initial setup
- Added in following command parameters for CCleanerPortable.exe, "/Compress" and "/Decompress" without the quotes (See help.html file for more info)
- Minor fixes in launcher code
6/24/09 (Beta Build):
- CCleaner can now check for updates and prompt the user to download update through launcher dialogues (Same procedure as initial setup) Automatically
6/25/09:
- Updated PAF Format to latest specs
8/25/10:
- Updated Code to fix updater and also hopefully to fix any problems anyone was having with windows 7
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This is really useful to use for clearing private data like .tmp files from a host pc. I'll test this out! Thanks
I hope everything works well, this is the second time I made a launcher for a program that saves to a .ini file, so it might have some flaws in it.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
very nice thank you
everything works well, and nothing seems to be left behind or anything
Lead, Follow, or get out of the way.
If there are those of you that use the standard build, I will release a launcher for that one, because all that is left is registry on that one. Any thought on this?? or are you guys who use this fine with it using the portable build?
[Double post removed by moderator SL]
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
fist, you double posted. second, no, there is no reason to support a non-portable version when there is already a portable build to use ini instead of registry. that's the only difference; it is the exact same product
yea just the portable version works just fine
i don't think there's any difference, is there?
Lead, Follow, or get out of the way.
Yea, it wouldn't make any sense making this portable as it already is...
I mean it's 2.83 mb on my usb drive, you'd either raise it a few hundred kbs, or lower it.
Been using this program for a while, really useful.
The size should stay the same as it is only moving the .ini from the $PROGRAMDIRECTORY to the SETTINGSDIRECTORY I might make it so it does that and makes a backup to the settingsdirectory.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I think I might do the regular one so if the user wants they can choose to save to an ini, by going to advance settings, or just leave it as is which will save to the registry and delete.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
but that makes no sense. we love it here when app makers use ini files instead of the registry because it's cleaner for portability. the makers of this app have done so and you want to use the registry? people don't need the option for registry, as it adds no benefit. the only benefit i can think of is if someone tries to use the normal version of ccleaner with the launcher for the portable build. either way it's nice to have it with a pretty launcher but since we can only do a launcher for now, having a launcher for this is unnecessary as it is already completely portable. when we do freeware apps then we should have a PAF version
Im looking forward to freeware releases soon, but i think still a user would like to use something they can integrate into the PAM, such as this even though it is already portable, also I am currently adding the option so it makes a backup of the .ini just in case it gets deleted you can always go back and recover your original settings. So this could be a reason to make a launcher to add more features that the original freeware program doesnt have or doesnt do.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Read above for what I added, hope that helps more just in case the .ini gets deleted then you will have a backup as long as you dont launch the program again and close it, after every use, ccleaner.ini will be backed up to DefaultData folder.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
New Release read above, sorry I was going through the script and found a typo, then I tested CCleaner and noticed settings werent being saved because of that typo. Hope this hasnt caused too much trouble. Please update if you want your settings to show up. Sorry for the inconvenience.:smile:
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
How about a launcher for Glary Utilities free edition
PortableApps.com Advocate
Ill look into it, and if it is not too hard I will give it a shot. Do u know what is left behind by that program? If not its cool, I will find out eventually.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I looked at glary utilities, and all it leaves behind so far to my knowledge is just registry, unless there are .txt or .log files created after you clean something.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I tested out the launcher and it does backup your settings, but the next time you use the program, it doesn't use the saved settings. It creates a new ccleaner.ini in the program directory. I think the problem lies in the MoveSettings part of the launcher.
try the new release, it fixes that, and it is somewhere in the Rename because I told it to move ccleaner.ini.bak instead of ccleaner.ini.So download a fresh copy, and tell me if it is still giving u problems
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Read above for changes. As long as firefox is in the same directory as CCleanerPortable, it should open, such as if u have PAM then all your apps will be in the "PortableApps" folder which if this is so then Firefox will open to prompt u to download CCleaner if u do not have it. If not IE will open. If you have any problems let me know.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
What is the point of a portable launcher? I still have no idea what its for.
Stephen A. Warren
So CCleaner can be in PAF format. We know it's already portable. A few of the apps on this site were already portable, and just repackaged with a launcher so they all had the same look and feel as the other apps here.
The developer formerly known as ZGitRDun8705
ok, that makes sense, thanks for the quick post
Stephen A. Warren
I think I found the problem with the launcher not using the saved settings. When the launcher is run, a new ccleaner.ini is created in the program directory and that file is used rather than the settings being copied over from the settings directory. For some reason, the program never runs the OriginalSettings section, so the settings never get copied over. I don't know how to fix it, I'm just pretty sure that is the problem. I don't think line 200 ever gets run.
Also, I don't understand what the point of backing up the settings to the DefaultData folder is when the settings are already backed up to the Data/settings folder. Maybe you could enlighten me.
the settings arent backed up to the Settings directory, it is just moving from settings directory to program director and back again, also the backup is just in case they get deleted. Also I dont know why the settings arent being updated as I fixed that in Test 4 I believe. please can you try a fresh new copy,and tell me if it is the same
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Thanks Devo for finding the line 200 thing, please download this version and tell me if u still get the same problems.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
It still doesn't work. I've tried fresh copies on two different computers. I don't know what's wrong, but it's still not using the correct ini file.
ill look into the script and see if i can change it to work more efficient, im not sure y it still doesnt work for u, I have used the latest test on 3 computers and it works fine. What operating system are you using? Do u have admin. rights? Has anyone else been experiencing these problems?
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I tested it on two different computers both running XP SP2, one with admin rights, one without. I guess I'll try again tomorrow, completely erasing the program and reinstalling.
New Test, I updated to 2.7 and I changed the script a bit, if it doesnt work either it is something with your computer or my script. Im unsure though since nobody else has reported the problems u have had. please try this new test and tell me what happens.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
So I figured out exactly why this doesn't work for me, there's a bug in your code. I've been using the ini to disable the splashscreen. By doing this line 194 becomes true and the program skips to GetPassedParameters and thus the settings don't get copied over. You should figure out a better way to run this so that disabling the splashscreen doesn't break the launcher.
Edit: I accidently double posted. Can a mod fix this. Thanks.
[Done, mod Tim]
thanks for catching that, I will probably try to fix that when I get home from school.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
New Test read above, there I think I fixed it, thanks for finding that, test this one out and see if it works fine with the CCleaner.ini. I got time in my class to mess around so I fixed it at school so those having this problem could test before I get home from school.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I've tried several of your tests and I keep getting the same result.
"Ccleaner Portable cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: Ccleaner.exe could not be found)"
thats because CCleaner is a freeware appliction and I cannot include the program itself. Thats why the title for this post says launcher, plus I added the feature for a redirect to download if u did not have it.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
NVM
I guess I'm missing something. I am still getting this error, "Ccleaner Portable cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: Ccleaner.exe could not be found)"
1) I downloaded and installed CCleaner_Portable_2.7_Test_2_en-us.paf.exe
2) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
3) Then I put the the ccsetup207.exe file into p:/portableapps/ccleanerportable/app
4) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
5) I then re-downloaded and installed CCleaner_Portable_2.7_Test_2_en-us.paf.exe
6) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
My OS: Vista Home Premium SP1
Portableapps Menu version 1.0
Is there a log file or something I can look at? Thank you.
the one tat will start either ffp or ie to the download
that way it is the most convenient for the user
good job with this nathan
Please search before posting. ~Thanks
i think that the download thing is there, I just need to find a more efficient way to get firefox open. It should open fine from a usb if it is put in the "portable apps" folder, but it wont open if it is in a whole bunch of folders.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
or adapt the code for the portable apps search from the installer, that way you can search for the firefox portable folder
or in the ini file add a line that says "path to firefox portable" so that people can put it there if they want
Please search before posting. ~Thanks
Could you just launch the download with the system's default URL handler, please.
I have two copies of FFP, one of which IS in the default location, but on my normal machine, I have locally installed FF as well, and it is -always- open, which nixes FFP launching cleany anyways.
However, when I ran this app, it launched IE (yeuk) for the download, which then promptly fail to d/l it anyway due to the default settings of the popup blocker (sigh).
I'd definitely suggest that if you try FFP first, you fall back to the system default, not to Internet Explorer.
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Inetc_plug-in
or
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSISdl_plug-in
Please search before posting. ~Thanks
sorry I took so long to report back on this.
One thing I found: as far as I know, instead of
VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "John T. Haller"VIAddVersionKey Copyright "Nathan"
you should just have
VIAddVersionKey LegalCopyright "PortableApps.com and Contrtibuters"I'll check the registry stuff later
though the first one looks confusing ill probably try the second link one as it looks easier. Ill try those out and post an update if it works.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Tq
Sorry for the double post...I am re-posting this since I'm not sure how you would know to even read this posting.
How do I install ccleaner portable? I guess I'm missing something. I am still getting this error, "Ccleaner Portable cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: Ccleaner.exe could not be found)"
1) I downloaded and installed CCleaner_Portable_2.7_Test_2_en-us.paf.exe
2) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
3) Then I put the the ccsetup207.exe file into p:/portableapps/ccleanerportable/app
4) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
5) I then re-downloaded and installed CCleaner_Portable_2.7_Test_2_en-us.paf.exe
6) I tried to run ccleaner from the portableapps menu but got the above error
My OS: Vista Home Premium SP1
Portableapps Menu version 1.0
Is there a log file or something I can look at? Thank you.
download the portable package of ccleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-portable and then unzip it and put the ccsetup207 folder in App
Thanks Travis. That worked perfectly. My constructive comment is for the release notes or installation instructions to clarify the download url. It works perfectly. Thanks.
Nathan, instead having the app files be put in App\ccsetup207, why don't you have the user put the extracted files in App\CCleaner, that way you wouldn't have to update the launcher for every new version of ccleaner.
Ill try to do that as soon as I can, probably tomorrow after school. Sorry if I caused anyone that has tried to use CCleanerPortable any problems.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Great! This is just what I wanted!
I normally use Ccleaner as is on my USB drive and I enjoy it so.
Having a launcher would be beneficial to me if it provided an option to "Run as... The Following User" when the program is launched. Such an option is used in the jkDefrag and Start-up Manager applications that have been in beta testing (I actually requested this option for Start-up Manager. Perhaps Travis would be kind enough to share his code?
I dont know if his launcher is in Autoit or Nsis, but I think he has a Nsis code in the source directory so ill check that out and if its not there ill ask him for it.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
well actually my code is only for gaining administrator privleges, not really running as another user. ccleaner doesn't need admin privileges does it? if you're requesting this to be able to have ccleaner clean other profiles from the current profile, i guess it could be done with RunAs but it's not really necessary. i guess it's up to Nathan if he wants to write code to allow that to be done through the ini file or something.
edit: now that i think about it, i'm not so sure that there is even a way to get the functionality you're wanting, even if some sort of runas is implemented. a runas won't change what profile you're currently logged into i don't think.
I guess I had been confused. I thought Ccleaner needed admin rights to use the startup management function. Thanks for setting things straight T.
It has been updated if anyone is still backing this up.
May the Shwartz be with you
It may be a very stupid question, but why this launcher, if the program itself is already portable?
Thank you in advance for answering my question.
This launcher saves the settings to the Data folder. This way you can backup your preferences with the PortableApps backup utility and restore them if you have to reformat the drive, rather than copying everything off your drive
Completely understandable!
thanx for your explanation
What would be great is if Nathan rename it to CCleaner Portable 2 and not 2.7 so we will always be able to update CCleaner to versions like 2.10 and the name of the app would be actual all the time.
All you have to do is replace the files in the 207 folder with the ones from the 210 folder. It worked like a charm for me.
I did that a long time ago but what would be cool is if Nathan rename the programm to CCleaner Protable 2 and rename the folder to ccleaner2. The name would be actual each time you update because it's always the version 2 with .6, .7, .10 ,etc.
Sorry I haven't updated it, i have been busy trying to get my summer reading done for school, and I have been busy with other things. Probably in like a week or so Ill update this, and many of my other apps I have.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
It works, just downloaded the new version and put it in the 207 folder.
I tol' you! lol
Its putting reg keys under Hkey current user-software-piriform-ccleaner.
Anyone else get this?
I think that is because you arent using the portable build, here is the link to the portable build, http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-portable
This build writes to an ini file so if your not seing an ini in your "Data" folder then that probably means ur using the wrong one, cause this launcher doesn't take care of any registry. But if you are using the portable one, then ill check this out and see if it still leaves registry behind.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
I don't get it. I've DL the port. version from the site, but it still says version 2.10.618
Thanx.
Lol...crap cleaner.
Any word of an update? Up to vers. 2.11 now.
yes, but you can decompress that version in this portable's version directory & runs perfectly
Hi, I installed CCleaner Portable on my USB Drive and tried to run, but I got an error ("CCleaner.exe could not be found"). Pls help.
Thank you.
Did you download CCleaner from the authors website and put it into the App folder in your portable install? It's not OSS, so the .exe doesn't come with the package you downloaded from here.
I think this maybe from copying the CCleaner folder into your launchers CCleaner folder rather than just copying the contents into it. I suspect this as its a mistake I made a few times with many of the PA launchers. If this is the case maybe make a note to copy the contents not the folder the CCleaner container folder?
PortableApps.com Advocate
New update, now if an update comes out you will be able to use any version of Ccleaner, later I will change the backup feature to backup once after the first launch. Sorry for the long time for an update, I have been very busy with school and my personal life. If anything doesnt work please let me know, and I will begin to look into the problem, and hopefully get it fixed within a week of the post.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Can't download it
May the Shwartz be with you
Sounds good. I'll check it out.
http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds/downloading-portable
Piriform made ccleaner portable already.
I know that, this launcher uses the portable version, this launcher is made to back up your settings, and in the future, compress all of ccleaners files. So this launcher is not pointless and is quiet useful if you want to be on the safe side of having a backup of your settings.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
problem with the download. it will not load or start
is there another link
An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
MickeyJ4J
hmm that is strange, it seems to be working for me, it loaded and started. Maybe you should restart your browser and try again. No sorry.. currently there is not an alternative link. If the problem persists then I'll see what I can do
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
problem with the download. it will not load or start
is there another link
oh i found the other one mentioned in this long post got in. problem was with the origional link.
An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
MickeyJ4J
I just checked this and its still working for me. Have you used mediafire before? You have to wait for the link to come up and then click on it.
PortableApps.com Advocate
I would like to request only a launcher for Protection ID. I was directed to you for help for a launcher and I'd hope that you could provide me a launcher for this application.
Thank You.
Sorry Foyzul1988, It doesn't work quite like that. I must have miss explained. In your original Protection ID request thread, edit the original post to say the app is freeware and you are requesting a launcher for it. When I said look here for an example I meant an example of a launcher. In this thread Nathan9222 has created a launcher for CCleaner so it can have a PortableApps wrapper.
In your request thread specify you are requesting a launcher. eg. Change the title to Protection ID [Launcher Only]. Hope this is a better explanation.
PortableApps.com Advocate
It seems they already have a portable version.
ccleaner.com/download/builds
I don't know if it's open source, I looked briefly but
didn't see anything.
That's the point. This is used as a launcher for their portable version.
Bet you're relieved to see someone was able to get it working by reading the forum post. Everything's fine but I have one problem that hasn't been mentioned. The launcher is ugly as sin. Does it have to look like that because it's not a featured app? I've got the PAM R34 MOD so I really didn't need the launcher (and I don't need the extended portability)... no offense, but I really only got the launcher so it would have a uniform splash screen. As silly as that sounds, I know.
Maybe you couldn't make one because redistributing Piriform's trademarked logo would be illegal? If so I understand. Is there a tutorial for making the splash screens? Like where to get the official footer, what font to use, the high-quality flash drive with PA logo, stuff like that.
Not sure.. but yeah I agree the splash is pretty lame. I would just look at the splash dimensions by right clicking on it and reading its properties. Then just use photoshop or gimp and use those dimensions and then piece it all together how you would like it. I dont think it would be illegal to use their logo just as long as its for your personal use. There might be a template for making splash screens but i dont know the link so sorry. Anyways let us know what you create or if you still have anymore questions.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
i did one of this & it got pulled i guess it is like ever were els practial to there on
cause "Copy right" & stuff like "repackage & app" cause ppl are sckared of ligal maters
bs i am not starting or any thing all i am saying is that how dos a program grow or go
any where if ppl are skared to do any thang with them it is called advertizing ppl it
gets the program out there & i don't of any developer that dont want that for there program
if thay dont then thay aint going to go no where with ther program & it is what it is going no where fast sorry but that is the way i see it the program is only good on how poplar it is
it is called a helping hand ppl ever one gets help on both sides
But i have had this app for ages like since it came out. Y is there a new one out when there is already one in here. y duplicate the app???
An Old Irish Blessing
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
MickeyJ4J
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