Whiteshark Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Is it possible that this environment variable used by CCleaner is missing in some systems? On mine (WinXp Pro SP2 italian localized) it was missing indeed... To check it out, just use Start > Run, type '%commonappdata%' (without quotes) > OK If this does open a system folder all is fine, if returns a 'not found' error must create it. Please anyone can confirm? Guide in italiano per CCleaner - Recuva - Defraggler - Speccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteshark Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Is it possible that this environment variable used by CCleaner is missing in some systems?On mine (WinXp Pro SP2 italian localized) it was missing indeed... To check it out, just use Start > Run, type '%commonappdata%' (without quotes) > OK If this does open a system folder all is fine, if returns a 'not found' error must create it. Please anyone can confirm? Bump! Almost 200 views and 0 replies? Seems i'm not the only one having this issue: http://www.nntp.it/comp-os-win-xp/759158-a...calappdata.html Guide in italiano per CCleaner - Recuva - Defraggler - Speccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 It fails the same for me in XP Pro. Go to Start then type cmd and in the Window type set to see what environment variable are set. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteshark Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 It fails the same for me in XP Pro. Go to Start then type cmd and in the Window type set to see what environment variable are set. Thanks for your reply On my s.o. i create the new variable as follow: Right click My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables > New Name: CommonAppData Path: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dati applicazioni (this is 'Application Data' for me) Just wondering if many CCleaner malfunctions are due to this issue. On my system some application were not cleaned at all before this tweak (eg. Avira Antivir Free 8). %LocalAppData% was missing as well, here (however this one seems not so often used by CCleaner) Guide in italiano per CCleaner - Recuva - Defraggler - Speccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 CCleaner could benefit from National Language support. Its even worse for double byte languages like Chinese or Japanese. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 27, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 27, 2008 I'm thinking some of those variables are just inside of CCleaner, because typing in dir /s %localappdata% doesn't yield anything on my system. CCleaner isn't the only cleaning tool to do that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteshark Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 Let's take, as sample, Windows Movie Maker. This is its entry in winapp.ini [Windows Movie Maker] LangSecRef=3023 Detect=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MovieMaker Default=True FileKey1=%localappdata%\Microsoft\Movie Maker|MEDIATAB0.DAT (Note: I need to replace 'MovieMaker' with 'MM20' to get it detected by CCleaner, at least on my system. And this is impossible since winapp.ini have been encoded in CCleaner.exe. However, is still possible bypass this issue adding the entry to winapp2.ini) Now my question is: How CCleaner could clean the MEDIATAB0.dat file, if the %localappdata% path is unknown? (in my case it's: C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Microsoft\Movie Maker\MEDIATAB0.DAT) Guide in italiano per CCleaner - Recuva - Defraggler - Speccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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