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[andreasm]

Please release a ccleaner-version as a single-file version without any installer!

There are so many small tools on the market, who are made of a single file.
Why not the small ccleaner?

Reasons for that:

- I hate installers, zip files are more functional
- It's much easier to copy a single file to another computer than installing something
- A single-file application is ideally for USB-Sticks!
- fewer registry-keys added by ccleaner (BTW: Is a cleaner who writes a lot of registry entries really a cleaner?
- and so on.


If you like this idea, please agree!

[Andavari]

It's been suggested before, I think perhaps in the suggestions thread but who knows since most people don't put suggestions in there.

I'm all for CCleaner not using the registry to store it's settings, I prefer everything to be done via .ini files.

[andreasm]

Why not making this thread sticky and create a poll of it ?

[Tarun]

The problem is that it is written in Visual Basic, so it has file dependencies. MSVBVM60.dll and all of the *.ocx files.

Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% for your suggestion. The application would have to be re-written in Delphi; but that shouldn't be a problem. Delphi is a much better, faster, stronger programming language than Visual Basic.

[andreasm]

MSVBVM60.dll isn't a real problem, because it is on almost every computer...


I don't have experience in visual basis, but isn't it possible to include the *.ocx files into the .exe file?

Ok, Delphi is a possibility, but programs in delphi are always bigger than visual c++ or visual basic programs.

[Eldmannen]

Yeah, I think that it is good idea too, to release it in a .zip file.

And port it to C++.

[pwillener]

There are some people who strongly dislike Delphi - I am one of them. The two main problems with Delphi are that I have never been able to successfully link an application under VMware, and Borland support is nearly non-existent. I would never again start any project in Delphi, nor suggest to anyone to convert a successful product such as Ccleaner to bloody Delphi!