UnCleaner - The Unnecessary Files Cleaner Solution

Josh Cell · Jan 18, 2012

Every boot, the UnCleaner will delete all catched prefeth data if the scheduled clean is enabled.

denzel · Jan 18, 2012

Josh Cell said: ↑

Every boot, the UnCleaner will delete all catched prefeth data if the scheduled clean is enabled.
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And in your opinion this is a good choice?

Josh Cell · Jan 19, 2012

denzel said: ↑

And in your opinion this is a good choice?
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In a multi test, this mode have hard optimized the boot time [the OS will load the prefeth configurations every boot ], I not like of Prefeth, is useless for me IMO, and I not use SSD Devices

R29k · Jan 19, 2012

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Josh Cell · Jan 19, 2012

Yes, I haven't disabled here, the enabled prefeth is essential for the speed-up in the boot time, always, the OS will load NON-CACHED prefeth data every boot, and cleaned by UnCleaner after this, generating other files for the cache on the next and next

R29k · Jan 19, 2012

You shouldn't wipe out everything, especially layout.ini , it slows down boot in the long run
Delete all the *.pf files except NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf then run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTask
to optimize the layout.ini . After that the user can defrag %homedrive% -b and the boot will be good.

Josh Cell · Jan 19, 2012

R29k said: ↑

You shouldn't wipe out everything, especially layout.ini , it slows down boot in the long run
Delete all the *.pf files except NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.pf then run rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTask
to optimize the layout.ini . After that the user can defrag %homedrive% -b and the boot will be good.
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No difference here anyway, I've monitored the exact boot time on the *.pf and *.* clean, the difference is ~03 seconds, I'll see the policies for the prefeth clean here, thanks...

R29k · Jan 19, 2012

If you wipe out layout.ini then it will get created on the next boot. Then in subsequent reboots it will get optimized.
What I mentioned will do most of the optimization by shrinking the layout.ini since the program *.pf files are gone.

7_eleven.hell-hole_rider · Jan 19, 2012

prefetch

wikipedia said:

For the clueless about: "prefetching" an Overview

When a Windows system boots, a large number of files need to be read into memory and processed. Often, this includes loading different segments of the same file at different times. As a result, a significant amount of time is spent opening and accessing files multiple times, where a single access would be more efficient. The prefetcher works by watching what code and data is accessed during the boot process (including a reading of the NTFS Master File Table), and recording a trace file of this activity. Future boots can then use the information recorded in this trace file to load code and data in a better fashion. The boot prefetcher will continue to watch for such activity until 30 seconds after the user's shell has started, or until 60 seconds after all services have finished initializing, or until 120 seconds after the system has booted, whichever elapses first. Application prefetching works in a similar fashion, but is instead localized to a single application's startup. Only the first 10 seconds of activity are monitored.[1]:458

The prefetcher stores its trace files in the "Prefetch" folder in the root Windows directory (typically \Windows\Prefetch). The name of the boot trace file is always NTOSBOOT-B00DFAAD.PF, and application trace files are a concatenation of the application's executable name, a hyphen, a hexadecimal representation of the hash of the path the file resides in, and a ".pf" extension. Applications that host other components (i.e. Microsoft Management Console or Dllhost) have the name of the loaded component included in the computed hash as well; this results in different trace files being created for each component.

Task Scheduler is the process responsible for parsing the trace data collected by the prefetcher and writing files to the prefetcher directory. As a result, the prefetcher will not operate correctly if the Task Scheduler service is not started.

An additional feature of Task Scheduler is its ability to interact with the Windows Disk Defragmenter. Every three days, when the machine is idle, a list of files and directories that are referenced during the boot process and application startups is created.[1]:461-462 This list is stored in Layout.ini in the Prefetch directory, and is subsequently passed to the Disk Defragmenter, instructing it to place all the files in sequential order on the physical hard drive, which will further improve startup performance, as Windows will spend less time waiting for the hard drive's heads to move to the relevant data. Alternatively, running "Defrag.exe %systemdrive% -b" from the command line forces a defragmentation of the prefetcher files without requiring a full defragmentation.[citation needed]
Configuration

The Prefetcher's configuration is stored in the Windows Registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters. The EnablePrefetcher value can set to be one of the following:[4]
0 = Disabled
1 = Application launch prefetching enabled
2 = Boot prefetching enabled
3 = Applaunch and Boot enabled (Optimal and Default).[4]

The recommended value is 3 [4].
Incorrect tweaking of the prefetcher

The default prefetcher setting is to optimise the speed of boot time and application loading times. Values higher than 3 do not increase performance.[4] (Note that 2 is the default value on Windows 2003[5]). Changing the value to 2 will not make Windows boot faster.[4]

Often found on the Internet[6] is the "/prefetch:1" application tweak[7], which is a valid but nonetheless generally ineffective switch.[8] A second myth is that the user should delete the prefetch folder contents to speed up the computer. If this is done, Windows will need to re-create all the prefetch files again, thereby slowing down Windows during boot and program starts until the prefetch files are created—unless the prefetcher is disabled.[9][10]

Windows maintains entries(.pf files) in the Prefetch folder for the last 128 programs run.
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denzel · Jan 19, 2012

Hey josh when you release next version? Delay is coz about prefecht bud?

Josh Cell · Jan 19, 2012

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Hey josh when you release next version? Delay is coz about prefecht bud?
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No, I'm testing hard here, My time is small, I'm try released the v1.4 tomorrow....

WIKIMACK · Jan 19, 2012

Hello Josh,

I installed a new computer from a friend and used EZ Office 2010 activator & I had the same problem on mine.

In fact, it is not uncleaner, but that is in question EZactivator.

I solved the problem with FixShedule.

Uncleaner in France has been downloaded 500 times.

Thank you to you for the excellent work.

@ Soon Wikimack.

Josh Cell · Jan 20, 2012

Small time, really, I'll try code the version at dawn today, Is hours and hours of tests, compilations, code management...

Josh Cell · Jan 20, 2012

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Alphawaves · Jan 20, 2012

Thanks for update Josh..

WIKIMACK · Jan 20, 2012

hi,
Thanks for update Josh.

good jod as always.

Master.Pirate · Jan 20, 2012

Thank For Update

Paiva · Jan 20, 2012

Thanks for the new version.

denzel · Jan 20, 2012

Hi folks, do you have any improvments to boot with last version ? About prefecht?

Thanks

Josh Cell · Jan 20, 2012

denzel said: ↑

Hi folks, do you have any improvments to boot with last version ? About prefecht?

Thanks
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This new version will preserve the Boot prefeth files, deleting only applications cache, optimizing the logon time

UnCleaner - The Unnecessary Files Cleaner Solution

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