CCleaner

[Jonathan Jarvis]

I thought I would share with you the following.

On my PC programs under the accessories, system tools tab I have disc cleanup. I used to use this quite a lot followed by disc defragmenter to clear up old files and speed up my machine.

I have recently discovered a free download that appears to carry out the task more comprehensibly. It is called CCleaner and can be downloaded free at download.cnet.com. I have downloaded other cleaners in the past but this seems to work the best.

It also has the optional additional facility to clean-up the free space on your machine, although this function takes over an hour to carry out.

Unlike other free cleaners I have used it does not infect your machine with irritating pop-ups asking you to upgrade to a premium account.

I hope you find the above useful.

 

[paul1149]

Love CCleaner, but I always tame back the stock settings a bit. I've gotten into a little trouble with them and learned to do so.

 

[elytron]

Have used ccleaner in the past, and it worked okay. I also like BleachBit, which performs a similar function. it's free and open source software. I use it on my Linux computers. There is a Windows version also. bleachbit.sourceforge.net

 

[Mazzaroth]

If you like that program you should check out Advanced Systemcare.

 

[brian57]

ccleaner also has the ability to automaticly clean on pc startup.

 

[MrJim]

I've been using CCleaner for years, also available for mac.

 

[dysert]

I too have been using CCleaner for years. It's good. As for defragging my disk, though, I have Windows do that on a regular schedule.

 

[C-Man]

It's a great program. It'll get all the junk out of the registry for sure. But be careful to make a backup every time!

 

[NiobiumTragedy]

I too have been using CCleaner for years. It's good. As for defragging my disk, though, I have Windows do that on a regular schedule.

Check out Defraggler. It's made by the same people who make Ccleaner and does a MUCH better job at defragging a drive.

 

[dysert]

Check out Defraggler. It's made by the same people who make Ccleaner and does a MUCH better job at defragging a drive.

Thanks. I've looked at Defraggler in the past and decided that it's probably best to let the maker of the File System be the one fooling around with moving and re-linking disk blocks. I realize, though, that Microsoft is far from perfect, so maybe I'll give Defraggler another look.

 

[SkyeMist]

Ccleaner does a great job. I also like Wise Registry cleaner.

 

[dysert]

Ccleaner does a great job. I also like Wise Registry cleaner.

I've avoided Registry cleaners. Perhaps I'm too conservative, but (1) I don't see them making much of a performance difference, and (2) if there's a bug in a Registry cleaner, my system could easily end up totally inoperable.

 

[m.a.r.X]

I have CCleaner but I find Glary Utilities to be a much more diverse system tuning software !

 

[emilysmith]

ccleaner is best tool to clean your browser unwanted data and more i use it 3 years