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I use CCleaner as one of my maintenance items once a month during the week before Patch Tuesday.

I was just doing a CCleaner update.
It has an option to “Set CCleaner Browser as my default browser”
Naturally I unchecked that option.
There are already “umpteen” browsers around

Has anyone done that?

If I were to forget unchecking that option, is it difficult to get back to my preferred default browser Microsoft CREdge?
BTW, what is the correct name for Microfoft’s Chromium-based browser?

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[Alex5723]

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/anyone-really-willing-to-use-the-new-ccleaner-browser/

Switch from CCleaner to the more private, secure ccPortable

ChrEdge – New Microsoft Edge based on Chromium.

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Freeware Spotlight — ccPortable

“ccPortable is a totally portable and cr*pware-free version of CCleaner. ”

https://www.askwoody.com/askwoody-newsletter-alerts/microsoft-finally-got-onedrive-right/#best-utilities-0

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There’s nothing at either link about ccPortable being more private or secure than its installed version.

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cmptrgy wrote:
BTW, what is the correct name for Microfoft’s Chromium-based browser?

Edge. The correct name for Microsoft’s Chromium-based browser is Edge.

Yes, you’ll hear people refer to it as “Chredge” or “Chromium-based Edge” or “New Edge”, but that’s just to distinguish it from it’s identically-named predecessor (now often referred to as “Legacy Edge” or “Original Edge” or “Old Edge”).

Hope this helps.

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Alex5723 wrote:

Switch from CCleaner to the more private, secure ccPortable

How does ccPortable on OldGeeks differ from CCleaner Portable at https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/builds on the official Piriform/Avast site?

I run the “official” CCleaner Portable from a USB thumb drive.  I’ve disabled collection of telemetry data at Options | Privacy | Help Improve CCleaner by Sending Anonymous Usage Data and created a custom outbound traffic block for CCleaner64.exe in my Windows Firewall per https://www.howtogeek.com/227093/how-to-block-an-application-from-accessing-the-internet-with-windows-firewall/.  Would ccPortable do a better job  preventing data transfer back to the Avast servers?
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64-bit Win 10 Pro v1909 build 18363.900 * CCleaner Free Portable v5.69.7865

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Getting back to the op’s original question, CCleaner is now owned by the Avast company who bought them from Piriform some time ago.  So a browser would probably be another rendition of Avast (as is AVG).

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The OP’s original question was asking whether anyone had made CCleaner Browser their default browser.

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You’re right, that was one of the op’s original questions to be exact.  I just thought I’d add a little bit of info.

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Check your dictionary, the page that defines ‘original’ appears to be missing.

Both CCleaner Browser and Avast Secure Browser are Chromium-based.

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lmacri wrote:

Would ccPortable do a better job  preventing data transfer back to the Avast servers?

ccPortable has no connection to Avast and doesn’t transmit data.
ccPortable is a tweaked version on CCleaner free.

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ccPortable has no connection to Avast and doesn’t transmit data.

Check Options, About, License Agreement, “Vendor” and Options, Privacy, Help improve …

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@Alex5723, help me understand this, from ccPortable (PortableApps.com):

It clearly says that ccPortable “is an online installer that will download CCleaner during setup”

cmptrgy wrote:

If I were to forget unchecking that option, is it difficult to get back to my preferred default browser Microsoft CREdge?

It is not hard to change default browsers, even if you instruct them not to check and ask you every time.

For Edge go to Settings, click on the menu (three lines to left of ‘Settings’ title), scroll down to ‘Default Browser’ and click on ‘Make default’.

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ccPortable is portable doesn’t install anything and doesn’t use CCleaner portable as is.

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Okay, I stand corrected.

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