joopbraak Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Kill dllhost.exe process and keep the task manager open while you're running ccleaner to see if the process doesn't start up again, because this process has the habit of starting and stopping itself frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBaker69 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I opened Process Explorer to see what was happening when I opened and closed my browser (Internet Explorer 11). It looks like Edge continues to run in the background through multiple dll's. I opened CCleaner and placed the two windows side by side. Through PE I killed the process 'dllhost.exe' and immediately ran the cleaner. I didn't get the usual 'Internet Explorer and Edge need to be closed' notice and there was no indication that Edge files were skipped. Because you have to act quickly (the dll host will restart immediately after you stop it) you might try using a .bat file? I don't know if this is exactly right, but close: @echo offtaskkill /f /im dllhost.exestart "" "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /AUTO Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsunam2311 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I opened Process Explorer to see what was happening when I opened and closed my browser (Internet Explorer 11). It looks like Edge continues to run in the background through multiple dll's. I opened CCleaner and placed the two windows side by side. Through PE I killed the process 'dllhost.exe' and immediately ran the cleaner. I didn't get the usual 'Internet Explorer and Edge need to be closed' notice and there was no indication that Edge files were skipped. Because you have to act quickly (the dll host will restart immediately after you stop it) you might try using a .bat file? I don't know if this is exactly right, but close: @echo off taskkill /f /im dllhost.exe start "" "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /AUTO Hope this helps. You are correct once dllhost.exe aka Com surrogate is ended CCleaner can clear EDGE, any eta when CCleaner will do this for us instead of us have to do it manually? I was wonder why there is always 1 instance of that running now i know why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Meza Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 What worked for me on Win 10 is to go to Internet Options -- either via Control Panel or Cortana, and delete browsing history and temporary files, remember to tick "delete browsing history on exit" under Browsing history. Then run CCleaner and Edge will be cleared without skipping any files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCSE1900 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Hi. I'm not sure if this is still an active issue/thread, but I just upgraded to Windows 10 and found this thread via a google search. I was able to change this behavior (I think) with a setting change and a reboot. Go to Settings -> Privacy -> Background Apps and Turn Microsoft Edge off and reboot. I did so and now CCleaner removes temp files that Edge uses, and kills the running process that CCleaner doesn't stop and thus, skips. Sorry if this has been fixed already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieB999 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 The solution is pretty easy. CCleaner thinks your browser is still open. Open CCleaner and run it. After it finishes and you see the skipped items.... Click on Options Click on Cookies It will tell you something is open and do you want to force a close? Say yes Go back and run the cleaner again and it wont skip it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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