Microsoft Says CCleaner for Windows Is Meh

[JMH]

There are million apps out there that can help keep your computer in tip-top shape and remove unnecessary temporary data or leftovers, and there is no doubt that CCleaner is one of the best.

But as far as Microsoft is concerned, CCleaner is not such an impressive app, and the company says that you'd better avoid it. Why exactly? Hard to tell, but it turns out that CCleaner isn't exactly Microsoft's cup of tea.

As reported by TheWindowsClub, Gov Maharaj, Principal Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, was performing troubleshooting in a live video session on Channel9 when he came across CCleaner installed on one user's computer. His reaction was a little bit unexpected:

“CCleaner is… how do I put it mildly… Don’t… let’s just move on!”

These apps could affect system performance

Such a statement could take many by surprise, especially because CCleaner has always been one of the best apps of its kind and millions of users rely on it to keep their computers in tip-top shape.

But Microsoft no longer recommends turning to registry cleaners or similar apps to clean Windows 10 because they could affect system performance.

Microsoft Says CCleaner for Windows Is Meh - Softpedia

 

[Digerati]

I think it is sad with all the really important and interesting information in that 27 minute Channel9 video, Defrag: Windows 10 Upgrade Tips, Microsoft IoT Starter Kits, Windows To Go and more..., the take away from TheWindowsClub, repeated by Softpedia, and now repeated here is the less than 10 seconds exchange about CCleaner that really said nothing.

The topic in the Channel9 video was about the very few people having problems upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Suddenly the focus of others was about CCleaner's evil :r1: Registry cleaner. How a program that is NOT running affects Windows 10 install, I don't know.