johnp57 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) The new April update causes Ccleaner to say it needs to close Edge before cleaning checking Yes means forcing Edge to close but then it says it takes to long and I need to "force" it to close I just need to know if forcing Edge to close & be cleaned will cause more problems? If I don't close it will it clean itself if I either reboot or just run clean from internet options on the Cpl? Will the next update fix or address this? Edited May 2, 2018 by johnp57 clarity `My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,The lone and level sands stretch far away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted May 2, 2018 Moderators Share Posted May 2, 2018 Is Edge your browser of choice? if not, I’d untick those Edge/IE cleaning options and ignore it all. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnp57 Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 default browser is Firefox but I am wondering if clearing Edge/IE Defaults may leave unneeded files behind `My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,The lone and level sands stretch far away". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted May 3, 2018 While you may not use Edge or IE the system itself will, for example you can clean them and then they'll just populate some more files, etc., that Windows needs to display web-related things. Also some other software that needs them for downloading updates (example allot of antivirus software utilizes the IE Temporary Internet Files and Cookies folders for downloading updates, and not all of them clean up after themselves when doing so). SInce it takes so long to clean them you could just untick Edge/IE, and then only occasionally clean them manually with CCleaner (say once per week, bi-weekly, or once per month). With them unticked you don't have to re-enable them either, just right-click them and select Clean from the pop-up menu list. That way you won't always be waiting a long time for CCleaner to finish cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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