CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
Changes in 2.26.1050:
- Added support to clean Windows DNS cache.
- Added vacuum SQLite databases for Firefox and Google Chrome.
- Added publisher and version to Uninstall tool.
- Added Taskbar jump list tasks for Windows 7.
- Added Taskbar Progress for Windows 7.
- Improved Exclude list registry keys addition functionality in 64-bit Windows 7.
- Improved Registry Cleaner detection algorithm and 64-bit file system redirection.
- Improved “Save to text file” functionality in Cleaner screen.
- Improved system tray icon activation and tooltip.
- Improved Registry screen “fix selected issues” dialog usability by removing prompt.
- Further improved RECURSE and REMOVESELF functionality.
- Improved Uninstall screen detection algorithm.
- Improved memory usage to avoid GDI leaks.
- Fixed issue with Sticky Notes being detected as Missing startup item.
- Fixed “Edit” and “Remove” button availability on Include/Exclude screen.
- Fixed various GUI bugs.
News source: Official website
Download: CCleaner 2.26.1050
CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!
What’s new?
- Improved Windows 7 jump list cleaning.
- Improved Windows 7 thumbnail cache cleaning.
- Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Improved 64-bit support and performance.
- Fixed issue with Windows 7 task scheduler.
- Fixed issue with Startup tool, displaying incorrect folder contents.
- Added support for AVG Antivirus 9.0.
- Added support for ExcludeKey in INI files.
- Improved support for wildcards and RECURSE/REMOVESELF.
- Fixed minor GUI bugs in non-English versions.
- Fixed minor GUI usability issues.
- Improved input validation.
- Lots of minor bugs fixed.
Source: Official Website
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I’m not exactly sure when it became cool to abandon the use of your operating system’s desktop, but a growing number of people these days prefer the “clean” look. Recent releases of Microsoft Windows seem to encourage this. By default, Windows Vista and 7 strip the desktop of all icons but the Recycle Bin.
Try as you may, ignoring this lone icon is impossible. Sure, you can hide it in just a few seconds, but at the cost of losing quick access to deleted files. You could also drag the Recycle Bin icon to the taskbar, but then it will appear pinned under Windows Explorer — requiring an extra click to open and offering half the functionality.
In this tip, we will show you one method of bringing a fully functional Recycle Bin to your Windows 7 Taskbar, so you can clear off your desktop once and for all with little to no compromise.
View: Tech Tip: Place a Fully Functional Recycle Bin on your Windows 7 Taskbar
With the official release of Windows 7 drawing closer every day, many people are preparing their systems for the change. A vast amount of more tech-oriented folk are planning a clean install of the upcoming operating system from Microsoft, whereas the rest are obviously heading for the upgrade route… one which could potentially cost them a lot of time. After a fair bit of testing the upgrade system, some rather interesting conclusions were made, which can be found here on the blog of Chris Hernandez (a Microsoft Software Engineer). Apparently, if you’re a “Super User” (meaning you have over 650GB of data and roughly 40 applications), it could potentially take you almost 21 hours to upgrade to Windows 7.
The results are categorized into three different sections: the medium user, the heavy user, and, as mentioned, the super user. There’s also the clean category, representing a fresh install of the operating system. The times are additionally split between 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, with the latter being much speedier, regardless of data and applications installed. Most of the time, your upgrade will be fine; the speeds are reasonable in most areas, but it’s when you move down to the super user that things start to get a bit hairy (and certainly provide more incentive to do a clean install).
During the testing, Microsoft also determined that upgrading to Windows 7 was “faster or equal within a 5% threshold to the Vista SP1 upgrade time,” which is nothing but a good thing. We have included a chart of the results, put together by the lads over at Ars Technica.
