I've solved it, at least on my machine.
After my recent Windows 10 update, "Clean Audio Folder" tool would unceremoniously exit partway through the search, *poof* back to seeing the desktop with Cakewalk/Sonar no longer running. I carefully watched the folders it was searching just before it crashed, and realized it happened upon searching a "windows.old" folder that got created when Windows 10 did the update. Windows stores its old version in that folder when the new Windows 10 update is installed. There must be something about a filename in that "windows.old" folder that crashes "Clean Audio Folder" tool. You can't simply navigate to the "windows.old" folder and delete it normally, so here's an article how to do it:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-delete-windows-old
After following this process and a restart, "Clean Audio Folder" tool is now happily up and running again, plus it's freed up several GB of space on my drive.
I've solved it, at least on my machine. After my recent Windows 10 update, "Clean Audio Folder" tool would unceremoniously exit partway through the search, *poof* back to seeing the desktop with Cakewalk/Sonar no longer running. I carefully watched the folders it was searching just before it crashed, and realized it happened upon searching a "windows.old" folder that got created when Windows 10 did the update. Windows stores its old version in that folder when the new Windows 10 update is installed. There must be something about a filename in that "windows.old" folder that crashes "Clean Audio Folder" tool. You can't simply navigate to the "windows.old" folder and delete it normally, so here's an article how to do it: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-delete-windows-old After following this process and a restart, "Clean Audio Folder" tool is now happily up and running again, plus it's freed up several GB of space on my drive.