COMPLETE
CLEANUP!
Some helpful information is listed for you below, and you may also choose from the help menu on your left.
Cache Files - These files are stored on your computer every time you visit a webpage. This includes all images and pictures that you browsed on the web, all sound or video files, and even all the webpage text. This may have even been accumulating ever since you first began browsing the web! These files can be found by anyone who decides to "snoop" on your PC, and they are easy to find and view. They also consume a large amount of your disk space, and this will show at the top of the Complete Cleanup window, identifying the number of files and the amount of space used. Complete Cleanup also contains a "cache viewer" which you can use to browse through your cache, and provides the option to clean up all the cache files on your system.
Cookie Files - There is alot of debate on the web today on what these files are really used for. The main purpose is that websites want to know where you are going and what pages you are viewing, so they can customize advertisements specifically for you. They are also used for storing passwords, storing shopping items or shopping carts, storing user names, etc. There is also alot of debate over what types of information is really being passed from your browser to these websites via these cookies, and whether or not this is an invasion of privacy. The web is full of information on these files, and most people like to keep all the cookies safely removed, just so they don't have to worry about what information is being used or transferred. Complete Cleanup safely cleans all cookies, and also has a cookie viewer and cookie saver. This allows you to "keep" individual cookies so you do not have to re-enter passwords on specific websites (only if you choose to keep these). You can also view the cookie information, although most of this information won't mean anything to you, but only to the website that reads it.
History Files - These files contain your history of web viewing, similar to the webpage cache (listed above). The history files normally contain the actual links of the pages you have viewed, while the cache contains everything in detail. Some of these history files are often locked by the system, but this software provides a locked file cleanup, which will clean your system whether the files are locked or not.
URL's - These files are the URL links visible on your web browser when you click the arrow at the top of the location box. (The small arrow on the right, at the top of your web browser). These links show the pages that you have typed in the location box, and anyone can easily view these sites just by clicking the arrow. Complete Cleanup gives the option to clean these up individually from the URL list. Just click the "Location URL" button to view the list and remove the ones you do not want listed on your system. Make sure the browser is closed when doing this, otherwise the browser will simply replace them.
ActiveX and Java Applets ActiveX and Java Applets are executable program code which gets left behind on your computer when you are browsing the web. These are downloaded to your pc when you visit certain websites, most often without you even knowing that these have been downloaded, and as with any other executable program code, they can be used in inappropriate ways. This may certainly be one of the most important cleanups, and this option of Complete Cleanup will safely find and remove all these code snipplets, while not affecting your normal web browsing. Executable program code is also the main culprit for computer viruses, and keeping these files safely cleaned out is strongly recommended. Locked Files This software also offers the ability to completely clean you system by removing locked files. Locked files are files that cannot be removed because they are locked or "held" by other applications, preventing any access to the file, and therefore not allowing the file to be cleaned. Complete Cleanup will log and keep track of any locked files on your system that it attempts to clean, and then gives you the option to remove the locked file when you reboot, which is the only time the locked file can be accessed. This should be done periodically, as this feature allows you to completely remove all the web browsing tracks left behind. This will also help increase browser loading speed, as the locked files can easily grow 20 times larger then necessary if they are not cleaned.Temp Files - Everytime your system has locked up, or you hit the power button to reboot, files can be left behind and never cleaned up. These can accumulate and waste disk space, as there is no use for these files anymore. These temp files can also be left behind from program installs or uninstalls, or even from incomplete program cleanup. Complete Cleanup provides the option to find and clean these files. Although temp files will always accumulate on your system over time, regular use of this software will continue to keep your hard drive cleaned up.
Recent Documents - The recent documents list contains all of your recently viewed pictures, word processing documents, or just about anything else you have clicked and viewed on your machine. This is easily visible on your start button by anyone sharing your computer with you. This software easily removes these viewable links to these files (not the actual files, but only the links that show what you have viewed), but these file links will rebuild everytime you click and view a file on your PC. Simply select the "Recent Docs" box to add this to the "Cleanup All" button, and these will automatically be cleaned everytime you run Complete Cleanup.
Excess Files - This cleanup consists of data that is built on your computer over time, and these files are rebuilt if the files are not present on your system. In other words, you can clean these up continually, and if they are ever needed by the system, they are automatically recreated. These may have been on your system from the beginning, and you may not ever even need these files! Over time you will see these file counts and space continually grow larger (depending upon each different system), but this software will immediately find and remove these files, reclaiming the used disk space.
Find Files - Everytime you have clicked the start button, then clicked "find", the data and filenames you searched for are logged. You can view your history of this by opening the "find" window (click "start", then click "find", then click "files or folders", then click the small arrow on the right to view the drop down list). Complete Cleanup allows you to clean these files up individually by clicking the "Run/Find" button.
Run Files - Everytime you have used the "Start" - "Run" option to select and run a program on your computer, these are logged. This list is viewable by clicking the Run/Find button on Complete Cleanup, or by clicking the "Start", "Run" option on your computer (then click the small arrow to view the drop down list). (After cleaning these, they will be removed after the next reboot).
AOL Cleanups - This cleanup applies to
AOL users only. Even if you are not using AOL (America Online Internet Service
Provider), this is still a good cleanup for you to have in case you used AOL
at one time in the past, or if you use it in the near future. All your downloaded
AOL files and pictures are left behind on your pc, and are viewable by anyone
sharing your pc with you. These can also accumulate and consume large amounts
of disk space. Not only can you clean all these up with a few mouse clicks,
but it is also an excellent picture viewer for you to catalog and view your
downloaded images.
Your Own
Files - This software provides a safe and efficient way to cleanup
your own list of files. You can enter an entire folder, including wildcards,
or enter an individual file. Everytime you click the cleanup button under
the "Your Own Files" option, it will tell you how many files and
amount of space it has found in your list, then give you the option to remove
all immediately. You can enter a wildcard, for example c:\test\*.txt to remove
all files that have a txt extension, and exist in the folder "test"
on the c drive. (There is also a couple examples listed in the "Your
Own Files" window). This is a nice feature of Complete Cleanup, as once
you enter your cleanup list, these are saved and you can always add or remove
from this list. It also gives you the counts including the file totals and
space wasted, before you actually confirm the delete.
Other Garbage Files - Various other file cleanups are also scanned under the "other garbage" section. This can include one of many different file types which may appear on your system over time. This covers a wide range of various file types that can be considered "junk". Although Complete Cleanup scans your drive(s) with the other cleanup options above, this option does one more check for various other garbage files which may reappear on your system over time.
This software works with BOTH Netscape and Internet Explorer. (AOL is also included). This works with all versions both past and present, and will even look for and cleanup old internet files that were left over when you uninstalled previous browser versions. Although there are other several other cleanups done by Complete Cleanup, listed above is some explanations on some of the file types which are safely removed by this software. This software not only provides privacy protection by removing all the browsing tracks left on your computer, but also continually reclaims lost disk space by cleaning up files which are not needed on your system and have accumulated over time.