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Nothing hasty about blaming a fault on Windows 10 updates !!
It may have been something to do with this
www.techradar.com
Fwiw. There were numerous internet posts regarding the sudden slowing of wordpad, though, admittedly, some were a little old.
It may have been something to do with this
Microsoft is updating one of Windows 10’s oldest apps – but you won’t like the change
Wordpad has been a Windows staple since Windows 95
www.techradar.com
Fwiw. There were numerous internet posts regarding the sudden slowing of wordpad, though, admittedly, some were a little old.
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Well, sadly, it is done way too often. Some folks just refuse to accept that any thing else might be wrong with their computers and are all too eager to blame Microsoft and Windows Update. But, if they just gave it a few seconds thought, they would realize if it was a Windows Update, it most likely would be affecting many 1000s or even millions of users.
Some were a little old? LOL And of those, how many were caused by WU? I Googled wordpad slow to open and found 1 more or less recent hit in the first 3 pages of results and it, from over a year a ago was not about WordPad itself taking a long time to open. But opening a WordPad file that contained a photo took a long time. Admittedly I skimmed but going back years, I could not find anything about WordPad itself taking a long time.
And nothing about the slowdown being caused by a Windows Update.
I am all for putting Microsoft in their place when - when due. But considering there are ~900 million Windows 10 systems out there, if a Windows Update broke just 1/10th of 1% of the systems, that would be 900,000 broken systems out there. Pretty sure if there were nearly 1 million broken systems out there, those users would be making a LOT of noise. And not just on their own, but due to the amplification of those complaints by all the eager-to-bash bloggers and members of the IT media who are always ready to pounce on MS for any reason.
Microsoft has committed enough blunders and lousy marketing and executive decisions on their own deserving of our wrath. And I'm likely first in line to give it to them. But there's no need to automatically point fingers when we cannot immediately find the cause of other issues. And when that happens, I am often first in line to defend them too.
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Of course you are!
I merely made a personal observation. The attack was a surprise.
But, back to the beginning. Ccleaner now has a vast list of options. on its defaults, I would suggest that it s probaby harmless. But the program s freely available to all - beginners and experts. The former could easily create problems which did not exist with over enthusiasm.
like so many similar “cleaning” programs, it is as good as its user.
I merely made a personal observation. The attack was a surprise.
But, back to the beginning. Ccleaner now has a vast list of options. on its defaults, I would suggest that it s probaby harmless. But the program s freely available to all - beginners and experts. The former could easily create problems which did not exist with over enthusiasm.
like so many similar “cleaning” programs, it is as good as its user.
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It was not an "attack" - just a "personal observation" on my part! 
As far as CCleaner's defaults - I typically change several immediately. Except for my security apps, I don't want, or need programs to install auto-updaters that run full time. I don't need or want programs to automatically delete files. And I don't need or want programs to automatically start with Windows - at least not by default.
And I agree an over-enthusiastic user could create problems, but IMO, that is part of the beauty of CCleaner that sets it apart from all other system cleaners. That is, (1) CCleaner is conservative and NOT overly aggressive in it's cleaning - especially its Registry cleaner. And (2), when it comes to its Registry cleaner it always prompts to backup the Registry and most importantly, its restore function works!
I will quickly add one important caveat. I do not recommend CCleaner's Registry cleaner (or any Registry cleaner) for "fixing" a broken computer. I only use and recommend it be used to "maintain" a computer optimally. That is, I install and run it on brand new computes, then I run it every few months after that, including after major OS and hardware upgrades (after ensuring the upgrade is working properly).
As far as CCleaner's defaults - I typically change several immediately. Except for my security apps, I don't want, or need programs to install auto-updaters that run full time. I don't need or want programs to automatically delete files. And I don't need or want programs to automatically start with Windows - at least not by default.
And I agree an over-enthusiastic user could create problems, but IMO, that is part of the beauty of CCleaner that sets it apart from all other system cleaners. That is, (1) CCleaner is conservative and NOT overly aggressive in it's cleaning - especially its Registry cleaner. And (2), when it comes to its Registry cleaner it always prompts to backup the Registry and most importantly, its restore function works!
I will quickly add one important caveat. I do not recommend CCleaner's Registry cleaner (or any Registry cleaner) for "fixing" a broken computer. I only use and recommend it be used to "maintain" a computer optimally. That is, I install and run it on brand new computes, then I run it every few months after that, including after major OS and hardware upgrades (after ensuring the upgrade is working properly).
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