Update:
As per this thread; https://toolslib.net/forum/viewthread/13432-adwcleaner-7031-has-stopped-woring/
I had my friend try this suggestion;
Try to uncheck every registry element detected before pushing the Clean button. Then, it should work as expected.
It did not work. He tried in both normal mode, and received the message that "AdwCleaner stopped working" as soon as he hit clean. S...