Vivaldi and CCleaner
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Really appreciate this browser and its speed, but cannot delete un-necessary files in cache using CCleaner. When will I be able to do this?
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Really appreciate this browser and its speed, but cannot delete un-necessary files in cache using CCleaner. When will I be able to
do this?Without knowing how/why it is that you can't do this, that's really hard to say.
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CCleaner is unable to delete the cache. Only way to do it is manually.
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Well, you didn't answer the question. How/why is CCleaner unable to do this?
Can it not find/identify the file?
Does it find the cache file and offer you the option to clear it, yet fail when you accept that option?
Does the entire process happen in a black box so that you don't know what's failing? (ie - you tell CCleaner "clean everything up" and then it does something behind the curtain, declares the job done, yet when you check Vivaldi Cache, it's still full of data?)
Do you tell CCleaner to clean up and receive an error message? What does it say?What do you DO?
What do you then expect to HAPPEN?
What ACTUALLY happens?With this data, perhaps someone can offer you an answer or solution.
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CCleaner "auto-detects" and cleans the cache for the browsers that CCleaner supports.
If you want Vivaldi added to their "detection", you should ask on their forum
https://forum.piriform.com/Edit: It does detect Vivaldi on my system - but seems to think it is Chrome or Opera (which appears as seperate Browser) :whistle:
I've never had Chrome installed, although did have ChrOpera installed some time ago to check it out. However, it doesn't delete anything from those browsers :whistle: -
That's the answer, then. CCleaner has to be updated by its authors to actually support Vivaldi.
Of course there have been a number of bitter complaints in the past that CCleaner royally screwed up Chrome settings, and I, personally, am always wary of programs that do automated "cleaning" of ANY kind, especially of registry or program files. Sooner or later they always screw up your system, (as I have learned over the years to my sorrow) so I have refused to use any such utility in the past fifteen years or so.
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Yes - and mine just updated - and no longer shows entries for either Opera or Chrome !
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All I have left of the Big O is The Opera Mobile Emulator that was found by cCleaner, but still no Vivaldi sightings.
Nothing with BleachBit. -
Really appreciate this browser and its speed, but cannot delete un-necessary files in cache using CCleaner. When will I be able to do this?
Actually, you already are.
You just have to use CCleaner's ability to add user-designated folders to its delete list.Go to 'Options', select 'Include', and add the path to Vivaldi's cache folder.
It is usually inside your user profile, the path to which you can get from Vivaldi by entering
vivaldi://about/ into the address field.For example, under Windows 7, your cache may be located at:
C:\Users<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\Cache</yourusername> -
Sawo, thank you! This is EXACTLY the answer I was looking for, skipping all the mumbo jumbo crapola.
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I'm using Argente Utilities and Glary Utilities, both works fine, and since a few weeks Wise Care (I got the pro version as a giveaway)
http://www.filepuma.com/download/glary_utilities_5.13.0.26-7550/
http://argenteutilities.com/
The best is Wise Care 365 http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-care-365.html
All of them are better than CCleaner and don't have problems cleaning cache and others -
It strikes me you could simply delete either or both with no ill effects to speak of with the possible exception of some temporary slightly slower page or video loading
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Some people are concerned about backup size requirements and possible disk fragmentation.
So they implement a regime of removing "temporary files" which are NOT critical and are usually multiple small files.
All temp files, log files and browser caches are an "obvious" target as they are always recreated when required.
Same for cookies etc (those NOT required for login/password). -
Cookies and cache should not erase more than for interest of privacy or for reset informatión of a changed page. Not affect the performance, on the contrary, speed up navigation.
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Also, make note of a potentially confusing aspect to CCleaners' support for Vivaldi (and apparently other Chromium based browsers): CCleaner doesn't detect Vivaldi
So, if you were expecting to see an entry for Vivaldi in the CCleaner UI, you won't :-). You need to have exited Vivaldi so that CCleaner can get to the files without conflict, then observe the detailed results for the "Google Chrome" components to prove to yourself that it is cleaning Vivaldi cached files and such.
Edit: thanks @Gwen-Dragon for calling attention to the update!
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Does anyone know how to clean the favicons Vivaldi stores for bookmarks?
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Well, deleting the %localappdata%\Vivaldi\User Data\Default\Favicons file got rid of the Yahoo mail icon on my bookmarks bar :-)… and didn't seem to screw anything up (Vivaldi recreated it on startup).
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cCleaner now WORKS w/ Vivaldi 1.3.551.30 8}
*NOTE: it is listed as google Chrome… Vivaldi is the only Chrome based browser on my PC -
The best free cleaner is 'PRIVAZER' so go and check it out and see if it works with your Vivaldi and enjoy superior cleansing of your system.
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The best free cleaner is no cleaner at all. I know I'm imposing a bit when I say that, but cleaner programs like CCleaner, Bleachbit and more tend to do more harm than good. Usually, your OS will know how to keep itself maintained properly. Sure, there's the registry, which is a mess and should clean itself, but that's something Microsoft should have as a function. A 3rd party cleaner program will not do it very effectively, and may even do more harm to your computer than good.
I've gone through a couple of installs of Windows over the course of my computer's life. For the first year, I've had things like CCleaner and AV programs to help protect my computer. I thought I was helping it go faster. Then I went through an install with none of that crap on, and noticed less resource usage, less problems, and a much faster computer.
My sister just got a new W10 laptop, which is more high-end than my 3 year old laptop. But my laptop boots faster(we both have HDDs), and boots up programs faster, and isn't any slower than hers when it runs programs. Well, her laptop came with a ton of bloatware that I've removed from mine or used a clean install, and it came with BitDefender which I don't have, and some others. I generally don't use programs that will fiddle around with the OS, and I tend to have far less problems.
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