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Originally Posted by BetterRed
If the library is in Documents, it could be Protected Folders sticking its oar in, again.
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I thought that, but would it affect the portable version also/ I guess that depends on what library folder the portable uses ?
as for registry cleaning, I thought that had been proven to be a snake oil fix long ago.
it may not do any harm, but its sure ain't going to speed anything up. even if a cleaner miraculously finds 5,000 entries to delete, it will have no actual effect on performance,
see here for specific ref. to CCleaner
https://blog.ipswitch.com/should-you...-like-ccleaner
they say it much better than I can:
"Piriform's CCleaner is Snake Oil
Piriform (now owned by Avast) is run by smart individuals who get marketing. Do not let them fool you. They want you to believe that their Windows registry cleaner is the 2nd coming. Piriform has cashed in on our eagerness to increase PC performance and fed into our undying euphoria of deleting things on our computer that we believe are useless. Piriform and CCleaner aren't the only ones out there. Others include the Wise Registry Cleaner, Glarysoft Registry Repair, Frontline Registry Cleaner, and Auslogic Registry Cleaner."
and read on ( you can take it).... it gets better
But, I’d be willing to bet that many of us use CCLeaner because it also includes that shiny Windows registry cleaner. We are distracted by the user-friendly interface and immediately buy into all that it promises. I know not all of us fall for these tricks, but I did and I have plenty of friends (some of whom work in IT) who use it still.
My point is that CCleaner never really had anything going for it in the first place. There are plenty of free tools out there that can clean your browser history, cookies, and cache. So, in the wake of this supply chain attack on CCLeaner, none of us should feel any loyalty to this tool. And for any of us who use CCleaner just for the registry cleaner, take this as a moment of reflection, and admit that we got duped by snake oil salesmen.