1 - Could someone / anyone please explain to me why anyone should use / 'need ' a ' cleaner ' ? 2 - How can it possibly know what registry entrys and files are needed or not needed ? 3 - I've tryed everyone i can find and all of them eventualy messed my systems up . For example ...... They often delete registry entrys that have not been claimed by a program but are needed by a program . 4 - Why not just stop wasting time and takeing risks ........ and instead ...... every time one gets the feeling that something is wrong / needs repairing / needs cleaning ....... just put a clean backup in again ? 5 - Stupid example but ---- > ' It makes my computer faster ' !!! ...... How much faster ? ...... Can you see the difference between the speed of light and 1 /100 th of the speed of light ? ......
We need disk cleaners, but not registry cleaners. A good cleaner does away with logs, temp files, invalid shortcuts, old prefetch data and other system junk. When I was using CCleaner, I never used the registry cleaner feature, and I don't use it in Glary either..
If you clean out the part of an ssd regularly then that part will wear out sooner. Im moving all my deletes to a custom rubbish bin. Once my 500gb ssd is near to full then i will clean it out. Using tweaks that stop windows writing excessive data and logging may help prolong drive life and keep the wear even. I read somewhere it may be better just to format rather than delete, bit difficult on a single partition and not practical i would have thought.
Thanks . So we agree that registry cleaners are not a good idea ....... even though many programs like adobe and O&O Defrag leave thousands of orphaned registry entrys in the registry after they are ' uninstalled ' ....... wich means that it can be massively clutered and bloated . Next question ...... The crap files and the ' speed of light ' one again ---- > If my C partition has 20 gigs of files on it and i then add another 20 gigs to it ...... whats the difference in the speed the computer works at / the time it takes to do the same job ? What are the disadvantages ? ...... and how ' big ' are they ? Instead of taking risks with dumb ideas like cleaners and system restore why not just put the system in without the internet . Make a back up copy and then every time you update do it with the fresh unused copy ,,,,,, and then make a new copy . That means that about once a month the registy is back to virgin state ...... the hard disk isnt full with crap files ...... and any problems / malware / bloat are gone Before anyone says ...... ' What about my personal files on C ? ' ...... are you serious ? ...... You keep valuable info on C !?! ...... with no backup copyS ? ...... from all the times i've seen malware it was mostly on / efected C ...... I've only seen two attacks that targeted other partitions / hard disks . Same same with defragmentation . Why ? ...... when we put our back up in again regularly the operating system is back to virgin state ?
either BleachBit or Wise Disk Cleaner will do nicely I actually have both of these installed though I have the portable version of Bleachbit