Windows 98 Companion - Disk Cleanup

Disk Cleanup This utility is accessible in one of two ways. You can either choose it from Start menu, Accessories or if you right click on a drive and choose Properties, you will find a new button towards the bottom that allows you to open the Disk Cleanup tool.
There are two parts to the tool, both of which are offered to you by either Welcome to Windows or the Maintenance Wizard. The first scans and finds temporary files that could be removed. If you want them removed, you just check the tick box and click on OK. There is a button to View Files if you want to see exactly what you'd be deleting.
The More Options tab simply gives you buttons that open the appropriate tabs from the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel, so you can remove third-party programs that are installed or components of Windows 98 that you don't use. If you haven't done so already, there is also a link to the Driver Converter to change your drive to FAT32 to gain more space. The Settings tab simply allows you to tick a box if you want the tools run automatically if the drive runs low on space. The settings, like the execution of the tools, only work on one drive at a time - if you want to perform the clean up on all drives, you have to use the tools on each one manually.

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