CCleaner is the most useful and reliable tool available. Most of us use it, but many people are still unaware about it.
So I thought I should write about CCleaner in a seperate post.
It definitely is the most popular Windows system optimization tool.
It is the most updated program out of all the Piriform offerings (CCleaner, Defraggler, and Recuva), and will ask you to update practically once every week or two.
If you have not installed CCleaner here is the link http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Download the setup file and install CCleaner in your system.
Clean Out Temporary Files
CCleaner lives up to its name in a number of different ways. First, you can go through the usual temporary files of any supported applications. This includes the usual list of browsers, system, and some other lesser known options such as Java. With more and more updates, the amount of supported applications increases by a lot.
Clean Out Your Bloated Registry
The second way CCleaner lives up to its name is by its registry cleaning capabilities. CCleaner can look for a number of different registry keys that are irrelevant or unusable to the system which just clutter up the registry as a whole. As far as my experience has gone, CCleaner has been the only tool that doesn’t screw up your programs after sweeping through the registry. Updates ensure that the algorithms to find these unwanted registry keys are accurate and do not disturb anything on the system.
More System Maintenance Options:
CCleaner continues on to include some other interesting options. In order to not have to switch between multiple applications, CCleaner also includes areas where you can remove installed programs.
You can also control the list of startup applications to lessen the strain on resources and increase boot/login time.
Deleting any old system restore points (except for the newest one to ensure you still have a point to go back to in case your system immediately breaks afterwards) helps a lot too.
Finally, you can wipe a drive’s free space (or even the whole thing) completely. For the wipe procedure, you’re offered multiple options for wiping, such as 1 pass, 3 passes, 7 passes, or an incredible (and time consuming) 35 passes.
Options:
