CCleaner 2 is now out (beta version) and is portable. Just install it to your flash drive, run the program, tell it to save options to an .ini file. It installs the following files:
ccleaner.exe
winapp.ini
winreg.ini
winsys.ini
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Noted here. https://portableapps.com/node/8656
EDIT: Now I only have 1 CCleaner showing on my PAM!! Awesome!
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The Kazoo Spartan
Life is about the journey not the destination!
The Kazoo Spartan
You can use CCleaner Portable with PAM and only have 1 Icon on the PAM.
Make an INI named Portable (or it might already exist)
and paste the following into it (delete any other lines if it already existed)
[PORTABLE]
DebugMode=0
CCommandLine=
CCleanerPath=\..\PortableApps\CCleanerPortable\App
IfInstalled=0
Then place all of the other files except the portable.exe into a folder called "App"
Voila!
My old version of CCleaner had a launcher and thus two listed in my PAM, but this new version launches from the single executable.
Thanks anyway.
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The Kazoo Spartan
Life is about the journey not the destination!
The Kazoo Spartan
If you have a local installation of CCleaner saving it's settings to the registry, these settings will be deleted by the portable one. So you have to configure both to save to *.ini to be real independent.
But be careful, you will destroy CCleaner's settings on other machines with this 'portable' one.
ZAP
Install to a place of your choice. Go into options and select save settings to an .ini file. It will now be fully portable
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Jacob Mastel
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read, what I wrote?
Sure it's portable, but when you select 'save to *.ini' it deletes the settings of a local installation saved in the registry. So you have to select 'save to *.ini' for the local installation too, otherwise they conflict.
And when you start it on another PC it can destroy the settings of a local installation (if any) by accident.
That's not my understanding of 'portability'.
ZAP
I tried this software for the first time (version 2 beta) and it is very good. Excellent functionality for free software. It doesn't appear to be Open Source however, so I wouldn't expect it to be packaged in a PA Format.
Yet, following the directions in this thread (choosing the option to create ccleaner.ini) it works great in a 'portable' mode.
Anyone know about this company (Pirform) and how they make their money?
-IP