Delete Unused and Temporary Files‘. It’s a long and tedious process, so you decide to pass, and end up losing out on some of the computer speed you could have regained.
Well, removing unused and temporary files which hog up hard drive space could never be easier now – With a little help from a program called CCleaner. In addition to the above mentioned, it also cleans traces of online activity, for example your browser’s history. It’s lightning fast, and is 100% Spyware and Adware Free.
My favorite part about CCleaner is the ‘Applications‘ feature. It allows you to uninstall programs and what not with ease, and without the super-long loading times of Control Panel. The applications screen loads up within seconds, and the uninstalls take even less time.
To give you an idea of what CCleaner does, here’s a list I’ve compiled of the features that CCleaner has.
CCleaner cleans the following Windows components:
- Internet Explorer
- Temporary File Cache
URL History
Cookies
Hidden Index.dat files
Last download file location - Firefox
- Temporary File Cache
URL History
Cookies - Download manager
- Recycle Bin
- Clipboard
- Windows Temporary files
- Windows Log files
- Recent Documents (on the Start Menu)
- Run history (on the Start Menu)
- Windows XP Search Assistant history
- Windows XP old Prefetch data
- Windows memory dumps after crashes
- Chkdsk file fragments
- Advanced Options allow cleaning of:
- Menu Order cache
- Tray Notifications Cache
- Window Size and Location Cache
- User Assist history
- IIS Log Files
- Custom Folders
- Application Cleaning:
As well as cleaning up old files and settings left by standard Windows components, CCleaner also cleans temporary files and recent file lists for many applications. Including: - Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more…
- Registry Issue Cleaning:
CCleaner uses an advanced Registry to check for problems and inconsistencies in your registry. It can check the following: - File Extensions
- ActiveX Controls
- ClassIDs
- ProgIDs
- Uninstallers
- Shared DLLs
- Fonts
- Help File references
- Application Paths
- Icons
- Invalid Shortcuts and more…
As you can see from the rather extensive list, CCleaner is probably one of the best freeware programs around. Another handy feature of CCleaner is the fact that it doesn’t delete any necessary files because it has extensive checking made so that it doesn’t.
There’s absolutely no reason not to download CCleaner, as you only stand to gain by using it. The only thing that slightly annoyed me about CCleaner was sometimes when you accidentally send something to the recycle bin, CCleaner deletes it from the Recycle Bin permanently, which frustrates me, because I’ve lost a vital piece of work to CCleaner before. But otherwise, it’s an amazing program, which I recommend to everyone, both casual and advanced computer users.
To get CCleaner, go to http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp.
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