CCleaner 5.64 introduces Health Check, last Windows XP and Vista version

[Karlston]

CCleaner 5.64 introduces Health Check, last Windows XP and Vista version

Piriform, which is an Avast-owned company, has released CCleaner 5.64 Stable on March 3, 2020. The new version of the clean-up software introduces the new Health Check feature officially and is the last major version that is compatible with the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.

 

Ever since Avast acquired Piriform, maker of CCleaner, in 2017, controversy surrounded the software and some of the decisions that were made. There have been forced automatic updates and advertising popups, Avast offers in CCleaner that could change important system settings, and issues with certain releases privacy-wise.

 

New functionality was added such as Easy Clean Mode, designed as a one-click stop to run clean-up operations and new features of professional versions such as a new Software Updater.

 

We looked at CCleaner's Health Check feature when it was first announced in 2019 and concluded that it was a basic cleaning option for users who don't want to or can't use the full cleaning options.

 

Has Health Check become any better since that initial release? Let's find out.

 

The installation of CCleaner 5.64 Free did not include any third-party offers but these may be offered. The release notes highlight that installer offers for Avast and CCleaner products may still be presented. Avast improved them by making them opt-in and presenting them to the user in a separate step.

 

The program displays an announcement on start that Health Check is now available. The default cleaning option is set to Health Check but you may change that back to custom clean under Options > Settings > CCleaner Home Screen.

 

 

Health Check's functionality has not changed much (at all?) when compared to the preview released last year. The module runs privacy, space, speed and security scans just like before, and the latter two are still reserved to the Pro version.  While you get to see the results as a teaser, you cannot use the modules unless you upgrade to a paid version.

 

Privacy and space focus on some areas of cleaning. Privacy for example focuses on cookies, the download history, and temporary Internet files. Users who want the full cleaning functionality find it under custom clean.

 

The main advantage of Health Check is that it takes just a couple of clicks to free up space and remove some traces. The downside is that you don't get to choose what to delete and what to keep, and that many areas are not included in the scans.

 

The new version of CCleaner introduces official support for Microsoft's new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser.

 

 

Source: CCleaner 5.64 introduces Health Check, last Windows XP and Vista version (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann)

 

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[zanderthunder]

Just to take note on this version, there are freezing issues when using this version, especially those who used firewall to block the app

Only way to avoid it for now, is to perform Health Check at first run after install, and never use it again.

More details, are on this thread.

 

[steven36]

Fortunately CCleaner allows users to enable or disable new "Health Check" option using Registry Editor. Interested users can turn on/off "Health Check" option in CCleaner by modifying Windows registry. Once you disable "Health Check" option, it'll automatically restore "Easy Clean" option in CCleaner.

 

If you also want to enable or disable new "Health Check" option in CCleaner, following steps will help you:

 

1. Make sure CCleaner is completely closed in your computer. If you see its icon in system tray, right-click on it and select Exit option.

 

2. Now press WIN+R keys together to open RUN dialog box. You can also open it from WIN+X menu. Now type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

3. Now go to following key:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform\CCleaner

4. In right-side pane, look for (Cfg)HealthCheck string.

If value of (Cfg)HealthCheck is set to 0, it means the "Health Check" option is disabled in CCleaner.

If value of (Cfg)HealthCheck is set to 1, it means the "Health Check" option is enabled in CCleaner.

 

Credits to  AsKvg

[zanderthunder]

12 hours ago, steven36 said:

Fortunately CCleaner allows users to enable or disable new "Health Check" option using Registry Editor. Interested users can turn on/off "Health Check" option in CCleaner by modifying Windows registry. Once you disable "Health Check" option, it'll automatically restore "Easy Clean" option in CCleaner.

According to some users, this method is only temporary. It will revert back the Health Check option after each start-up of CCleaner.

Fortunately, there's a solution by @wolfie, by using a batch file, this will make the Health Check option to be always disabled after each start-up of CCleaner.

11 hours ago, wolfie said:

tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq CCleaner.exe"|find "CCleaner" >nul
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
    goto focus
) else (
    cd /D "%~dp0"
    taskkill /F /IM MicrosoftEdge.exe /T 2>nul
    forfiles /m w*.ini /d -9 /c "cmd /c start /wait /min winapp2ool.exe -2 -d -s"
    start /high regedit /s CCHealthCheckOff.reg
    start /min CCleaner.exe
    nircmdc wait 1250
)
:focus
nircmdc win activate process CCleaner.exe
exit

The file "CCHealthCheckOff.reg" can be obtained here:

11 hours ago, wolfie said:

Site: https://www.upload.ee
Sharecode: /files/11230422/CCHealthCheckOff.reg.html

To make it work, it must be placed on same directory as the batch file is located.

[steven36]

What it was it was optional before and they only released health check to so many  people but its been in CC cleaner along time  and that was how you turn it off and on  before,  by  using it and that batch to add it back every time in the registry it still works.

 

I tested  CC Cleaner  with it blocked  with a Firewall (windows 10 firewall control pro)   in Windows 8.1  all i had to do was go in the settings   and uncheck  it to startup  with health check and check to start up with custom cleaning instead  and it  was  not freezing up on my  end and it ran fine . if  it's ruining slow  and you use Winapp2  you need  to run  trim,bat   on it  because you most likely got to much entries in the Winapp2.ini.