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[jayrwv]

I have read so many posts about using the command line for auto shutdown and I just do not understand the procedure. Those links given download a special ICON but how do I execute the Ccleaner to run at shutdown. I am sure I am missing something but I cannot figure out what it is. Can anyone give a step by step list of the procedure to make it work. I just don't see where to put the /auto shutdown. Thanks

[DennisD]

Give me a few minutes and I'll do a short tutorial for you, unless someone beats me to it.


EDIT: Welcome to Piriform by the way.

[Andavari]

Dennis will you also put your guide here in a new post.

[DennisD]

You don't need to download anything, but if you want a different icon to differentiate between running CCleaner normally and with Auto Shutdown you can download the icon from here:

http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=16551

Go into CCleaner programs folder, C:\Program Files\CCleaner, and right click the CCleaner exe file. From the right click menu choose "Send To ... Desktop (create shortcut)".

Now go to the new shortcut on the desktop and right click it and select "Properties". You will have a window like this:



Notice where it says target. You need to change that line to look like this:



If you like you can copy and paste this into the target line to get the spacing right:

"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /AUTO /SHUTDOWN

Make sure you include the quote at the start, and then click OK.

That's it. Clicking that shortcut will run CCleaner and then shut down your computer.

If you want to use the different icon, download the file to your computer from the link above, and unzip it into CCleaners folder. It doesn't have to be in there, but it's a good place to keep it.

Now right click the shortcut, selecting "Properties" again. This time select "Change Icon".

In the window that pops up, "browse" to the CCleaner folder and select the new icon you placed in there. Click "Open", and then click OK, and then OK again. And that's it.

If it's any help, you can drag that icon down to your Quick Launch Bar, which will give you a one click, clean, and shutdown.

If you do that, you can then delete the one on the desktop.

Any problems, post back.

[DennisD]

Andavari, on Jul 4 2009, 09:40 PM, said:

Dennis will you also put your guide here in a new post.

Will do that. Hope it works.

[jayrwv]

DennisD, on Jul 4 2009, 09:46 PM, said:

Will do that. Hope it works.

Thank you so much DennisD. Perfect solution. I doubt that I would have ever figured that out on my own. And it works. What a great help you are. Thank you.

[DennisD]

My pleasure.

And you will no doubt have helped a lot of others by simply asking the question.