While using the computer, many temporary files are created in the system. One part is deleted after closing the programs and restarting the PC, while the other remains a dead weight on the hard disk.
If you do not clean it regularly, files will accumulate and take up extra storage space. But this is not the worst thing - they can cause the PC to freeze.
The short answer is yes! Cleaning the computer from debris should be regular so that the system does not "slow down". This does not mean that a daily check should be carried out. 1-2 scans per month should be sufficient.
What to use to clean the operating system (OS)?
There are two types of programs - for complex cleaning and for cleaning the system registry. Most applications are distributed free of charge, so they are always available to users. Let's take a look at the best services.
Programs for complex cleaning of the OS
First, let's look at 3 applications for comprehensive Windows cleaning.
This utility is designed to improve the performance and speed up your computer. Optimization available random access memory as well as game mode « Turbo Boost» , which will be especially interesting for gamers.
First you need to download the program from the official website of the developers - iobit.com. Click on the green button "Download" and install "Advanced SystemCare".
Before installing, be sure to uncheck the box "Install Driver Booster for free" - we do not need this software. The application will ask you to enter an E-mail to receive mailing lists from developers with different bonuses.
The first window will offer scanning options. Select one, several or all items with a tick and press "Start".
Next, the device will be checked, after which the results will be displayed on the screen. The user will be given detailed information on each problem found. If you do not understand this, click "Fix" without changing any items.
After that, unnecessary and problematic files will be cleaned up. For best results, it is recommended that you restart your computer.
One of the most functional programs. knows how to clean the system registry, defragment the disk, create backups, search and remove duplicates and malware, optimize RAM, and more.
First you need to download and install the utility from the official website glarysoft.com. Next, launch the application in any way. A window with all the possibilities will open immediately.
The easiest way to start scanning is to click on the button "1-click", which is at the top center. After that, a window of suggested items for the survey will open.
Click on the green button "Find problems" and look forward to receiving the results. On main screen all detected problems will be displayed. Push "To correct".
Additionally, it should be noted that the utility copes with its task very quickly and gives recommendations for updating other important programs.
This application specializes in fully optimizing the operation of the Windows operating system. This is a kind of assistant that will not only rid the storage of temporary files, but also help with updating the installed utilities and drivers.
First you need to download and install. On the official website systweak.com it is paid, so if you do not want to spend money, you can download the "cracked" version on a third-party resource.
The composition includes more than 30 tools for customization, optimization and Windows protection... To clean the system from garbage, you need to go to the section "Intelligent Service", after which you need to tick the necessary items.
In the lower right corner, click on the blue button "Start Scanning"... The survey results will be displayed on the main screen, where the button will be available. "To correct".
Also offers to optimize work hard disk, RAM, set up game mode and secure your device. The presence of a huge number of useful utilities allows the application to cope with most tasks.
Registry cleaning software
V system registry important information for Windows is stored. The slightest changes, even changing the background on the desktop, are made to it. But over time, unnecessary, obsolete junk accumulates there, because of which the computer freezes. Let's consider utilities for cleaning the system registry.
Auslogics Registry Cleaner
Download is available on the official website of the developer. "Auslogics Registry Cleaner" allows the user to first scan the registry for errors, and then manually select what should be removed.
Button "Scan" available immediately after starting the utility.
After the detected problems and the risk level are displayed, the user must select with a tick which should be fixed. It is important to be careful here, since deleting an important system file can crash Windows work... Push "Repair" and an automatic cleaning will take place.
"Auslogics Registry Cleaner" creates fallback points before making any changes. This will allow you to quickly restore your computer in case of problems.
You should also be careful when installing this program and uncheck unnecessary boxes - third-party software is often loaded along with it.
Available for download on the official website of the developers - vitsoft.net.
The utility consists of four components:
- system registry optimizer;
- garbage cleaning applications;
- startup manager;
- uninstaller.
Installation is no different from previous programs. After starting in the main menu, select the item "Scan".
A list of the problems found will be displayed. A checkmark can be used to mark what needs to be deleted, after which you will need to click on the icon in the form of a trash can.
If something goes wrong and the system crashes, it is recommended to use a backup copy.
To do this, go to the appropriate section and click "Restore".
Outcome
In order for your computer to please you with performance and quality of work, you need to periodically clean the registry. To be 100% sure that the deletion will not do any harm, you should have a little advanced understanding of the operation of your computer. When using a similar software be sure to make backups. If something went wrong, be sure to write in the comments and we will provide you with all the possible help!
The task of cleaning a computer and even more so a laptop from unnecessary programs and files is always relevant for any user. If you can use to remove the "tails" of various software special utilities- uninstallers, then in order to get rid of unnecessary system objects, you need to point out the reason for the increase in the size of each directory.
All sorts of optimizers can break Windows integrity... We will list you the actions that will allow you to free up space and are guaranteed not to lead to incorrect work operating system.
Cleaning up temporary files with a system cleaner
Windows developers have provided an excellent tool for removing unnecessary files - an integrated cleanup manager. To start it, press the combination "Win" + "R", enter the value of cleanmgr and click "OK". After that, the application will analyze the system and display a list of data available for deletion, as well as the planned amount of freed space. By the way, this manager will cope even with the update to Windows 10 being loaded in the background. And this is as much as three Gigabytes.
Emptying the Trash
A banal tool, but very effective - the removal of trash from the "Trash". We met users with Gigabytes of unnecessary data placed there long ago. Do not forget to check the contents of the container and empty it with the "Empty Trash" command.
Disable hibernation
Convenient mode for a quick start of the computer. It is especially active on laptops. When using it, all the contents of the RAM are written to local disk to the hiberfil.sys file. Most likely, you will not be able to delete it simply by pressing the "Delete" key. The solution is to disable the mode via the command line.
To do this, press the already familiar combination "Win" + "R", copy or enter the text "powercfg -h off" in it and click "OK". You can turn this mode back on by simply changing "off" to "on" in the text.
Clearing user files
We recommend checking and deleting unused user accounts. They are located in the "Control Panel", item "User Accounts". Here you should disable account operating system guest.
After restarting your computer, you can "clean up" the rest of the folders. By default, they are located on the system media in the root Users folder.
Removing temporary objects from the browser cache
Support files for programs are located in the Temp folders located in the following locations:
- C: \ Users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Local \ Temp
- C: \ Users \ All Users \ Temp
- C: \ Users \ Default \ AppData \ Local \ Temp
- C: \ Windows \ Temp
- C: \ Users \ All Users \ Temp
- C: \ Documents and Settings \ Default User \ Local Settings \ History
- C: \ Windows \ Temp
- C: \ Documents and Settings \ (user_account_folder) \ Local Settings \ History
- C: \ Documents and Settings \ (user_account_folder) \ Local Settings \ Temp
Internet browsers love to "stockpile" various information that they need for more quick launch certain functions or a simplified authorization algorithm. If these two factors are not critical for you, you can safely delete the cache files.
Let's list the locations for popular reviewers:
Opera
C: \ users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Local \ Opera \ Opera \ cache \
Mozilla Firefox
C: \ Users \ () \ AppData \ Local \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles
Google Chrome
C: \ Users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Local \ Google \ Chrome \ User Data \ Default \ Cache and C: \ Users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Local \ Bromium \ User Data \ Default \ Cache
Internet Explorer
C: \ Users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Temporary Internet Files \
Of course, you can do all these manipulations through the menu of the web browser itself, but the forced cleaning tool is the most reliable.
Local copies of recently opened office documents can also be deleted. They are located at
C: \ Users \ (user_account_folder) \ AppData \ Roaming \ Microsoft \ Windows \
It is possible that not all directories will be available for cleaning. The reason for this is that some software is accessing the folder at this moment. If the situation does not change immediately after starting the operating system, try deleting the data in safe mode... To do this, when loading the operating system, press the "F8" key and select "Safe Mode" from the list provided.
Clearing game saves
V recent times games to save user data are increasingly using not their own directory, but separate folder in documents". It is very easy to find these objects - we go along the path "Computer" - "Documents" and find the name of the directories in which the name of the games that are deleted or unnecessary to you is found. We check that they do not contain useful data for you and remove the garbage. We do not touch the catalogs of current games, of course.
Please note that if you have previously installed various multimedia software or graphic editor, then you should also check the folders with the name of unused programs - these applications also like to leave trash in documents.
Reducing the paging file size
If availability free space it is critical for you, try to enforce limit the size of the local file that is used in case of insufficient RAM. You can limit its size in the "Control Panel", section "System", tab " Extra options". After that, in the "Performance" item, select the "Additional" attachment. However, we recommend that you do not make the file size less than 500 MB, especially on machines with little RAM. There is a risk of running into "brakes" when working.
When you surf the Internet, the history of all your visits to different browsers is saved on the drive where the browsers are installed, by default, this is drive "C". Gradually, these folders "swell" and clog up the space of our disk. Especially clogs up the computer Mozilla browser, when I changed it, the garbage became less, although the webmaster is very fond of it))
I work in Chrome, Opera and now I'm testing the Yandex browser, I like it very much, but I just can't find where to install it and if there are any for the Yandex browser at all. If you know those who are comfortable, write in the comments, I will be grateful.
2. Viewing videos, music, images online
Admirers of social networks who watch videos, put ‘like’ or “don’t like”, listen to music through VKontakte players and similar services suffer greatly from this. Understand that in order to view or listen to a video or audio file, the computer first boots it from online services and only then reproduces. And all these files are temporarily stored on your computer and need to be deleted.
3. When removing programs from a computer, a lot of garbage remains in the register
I gave a link to the official website, but you can find a free copy on the Internet quite easily, type it into a search engine and find it. This program removes, along with the program itself, a heap of garbage that remains in the register and history. Learn how to properly remove unnecessary programs, this is very necessary, especially for those who often test new programs and remove unnecessary ones manually.
To uninstall using the Your Uninstaller program, select the desired program and press "Uninstall", then everything will be clear in order.
4. When downloading various files to your computer
Quite often, we need to temporarily drop a file on a computer for printing or viewing (document, video file, photos, wallpaper, etc.) and then we forget about it, it lies with us as a dead weight, and we don't even remember where it was saved, does this happen to you?
So to store such files, create a "temporary" folder or something like that and clean it regularly. Just create it not on the C drive!
5. Clean the "Trash" on your PC regularly!
How often do you throw out garbage at home? So on your computer, clean your trash can every few days. Remember that by simply deleting a file, you do not delete it from your computer, but only move it to the trash can and it still clogs up the disk on your computer, with the exception of large files.
We figured out those who litter your PC, let's decide how to clean it from junk for windows 7
What program to clean your computer from garbage
There are several most common programs, but the principle is the same for all - it is cleaning of junk files.
I will tell you everything using the example of the program that I use myself - this is Win Optimizer, the screenshots show version 10 of the program.
It is very easy to find it on the Internet, if you want a paid download, if you want a free one, of your choice. What can she do? Let's figure it out.
Clearing your browsing history
If you click on the "Favorites" button, you can see in my case that in this program I most often use:
I remove unnecessary programs from startup (StartUp Tuner), clean my browsing history (Drive Cleaner), clear the register of unnecessary files (Registry Optimizer) and defragment (Defrag 3).
It is very easy to clean history. After installing the program, a very convenient shortcut will appear on your desktop:
By clicking on it, you will immediately start cleaning your computer from garbage. Here's what you will see in a minute when the program analyzes the contamination on your PC:
The numbers circled in green in the screenshot show the number of files that need to be cleaned. By clicking on the icons indicated by the red arrows, you can view all files in detail.
After checking, we return with the "Back" button at the top left and click "Delete"
After cleaning, you should see the following window:
Now your computer will breathe a sigh of relief and will work more quickly, especially if you do not have the newest assembly, but an old man, like my PC))
What else do I use to clean my computer
1. A separate drive "C" for the operating system and do not load anything extra!
The most important thing when installing the operating system is to create a separate system disk, usually it is "C" and the drive for all other files "D" or other Latin letters. So you have to make sure that all files that you download to your computer are downloaded to any drive, but not to "C".
There should always be free space for the computer to work properly. It is very easy to check the availability of free space on the C drive. Click "Start" and click "Computer":
On my work computer, I have already allocated 100 Gigabytes for the "C" drive, and 56.6 of them are still free, there is no reason for concern. And on my home computer, I could afford to allocate only 40 Gigs for the system and recently I have already manually cleaned this disk, since it was burning red, this is a signal for its mandatory cleaning. If you have windows 7 or 8, then leave at least 50 Gig under the system, since the hard drives are now large, 1 TB or more.
If you have less than 10% free space on the C drive, be sure to clean the drive from unnecessary files! To do this, you can go to the "START" menu => "Programs" => " Standard programs»=> « Utilities"And select" Disk Cleanup ", then select desired disk for the cleaning.
These can be sections "temporary files", "trash", game statistics, various videos, photos that you accidentally uploaded to the "C" drive.
It is important!
Never upload photos, videos, movies, and other large files to the system drive "C". This disk should contain only the operating system and programs necessary for the computer to function.
2. We clean the autorun menu
After installing the operating system, you start constantly installing more and more new programs. Many of them compulsively climb into startup, that is, when the computer is turned on, this program automatically starts running.
These programs include skype, download master, all kinds of torrent clients, updates for all browsers, search engines, translators, cleaners, readers, acrobats and many others. Gradually, your computer starts to boot not in 20 seconds, but the boot lasts 3-5 minutes and more and more over time.
To change this disgrace, I go in the winoptimizer or CCleaner program to the startup section or StartUp Tuner /
Next, go to the autorun menu:
Now uncheck the boxes if these programs should not be loaded when you start your computer. Only, Attention! You must be firmly convinced that this is a program or application that can be removed from startup, do not remove all kinds of software applications or files.
Now you will need to launch programs that you manually disable in autostart, but you will significantly speed up your PC.
Once I was vacationing at the sea, rented an apartment, and so the owners allowed to use their computer, when I started it, I was horrified. Going into the panel of running processes at the bottom right, I saw a huge bunch of shortcuts for all kinds of games mail ru, skype, programs for playing files and downloading, cloud mail ru, and from them the system performance was at zero, the browser opened bookmarks slowly, files were not played.
After cleaning the autorun and the computer, everything worked an order of magnitude faster. After this story, I realized that not everyone is all right with the cleanliness of computer disks and decided to write a note about it.
3. Be sure to use an antivirus
It's like brushing your teeth in the mornings and evenings, antivirus on windows is a must. Some people like Kaspersky, but please load the system to the fullest, others prefer nod-32, but I like free antivirus Avast , it doesn't matter as long as it is effective and regularly updated.
I chose free version for a home PC and I am satisfied, I have been using it for 4 years, it is updated regularly, viruses do not bother or infect my hard drive.
Remember that it is very dangerous to go online without running an antivirus, it should always start when your computer starts up and work constantly.
4. Use Task Manager when PC freezes
It often happens that during operation the computer freezes and does not react to anything. To solve this problem, the combination of keys "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "Delete" often helps, and then you can see which process bends the system (click on "memory") and complete it.
Select the process and click on "End process".
5. Be sure to defragment your disks once a month
Defragmentation- ordering the allocation of memory on the hard disk (hard drive) of the computer, can be carried out by date, name, frequency of file accesses, and so on.
Defragmentation can be carried out by win Optimizer, you can use a native defragmenter in your computer, everyone has it, you can use the O&O Defrag program, whatever you want, only once a month. In simple words these arrangement of files in a certain order so that access to them is faster and allows you to evenly distribute information on the hard drive.
Here are all the necessary actions that I perform and advise you, friends, on my PC. I am sure that the speed of your personal computer will increase if you do such a cleaning, but do not forget to do it regularly afterwards.
Now you know what program can clean your computer from garbage and what actions you can take to increase the speed of your PC. There are many similar programs, but they have the same principle, the main thing is to create a system restore point before deleting files and programs in order to avoid glitches and system crashes.
How do you clean your computer the last time you installed operating system, share, mine has been working for 4 years already, it's time to reload))
Now, by tradition, a new crossword puzzle and theme corresponds to the title of today's note.
Crossword number 5 of the "Erudite-4" marathon on the topic "My computer"
In order to solve the crossword puzzle, click on the picture with the image of the rebus. A puzzle will open in a new window, which should be solved. Then make up keyword from the numbers in the picture.
To start solving, click on the picture!
>> Submit Keyword<<
I hope everyone has a personal computer at home and the words of the crossword puzzle did not cause any difficulties. There are only 2 crosswords left until the end of the marathon, we will soon sum up the results.
I am waiting for your answers and feedback on the topic of the post and the new crossword puzzle.
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Sooner or later, no matter how you keep the "order" on your computer, a lot of unnecessary files appear on it (sometimes they are called garbage). They appear, for example, when installing programs, games, and even when browsing the Internet! By the way, over time, if there are too many such junk files, the computer may start to slow down (as if ponder for a few seconds before executing your command).
Therefore, from time to time, it is necessary to clean the computer of unnecessary files, remove unnecessary programs in a timely manner, in general, maintain order in Windows. This article will tell you how to do this ...
1. Cleaning your computer from unnecessary temporary files
First, let's clean up junk files from your computer. Not so long ago, by the way, I had an article about the best programs for this operation:
Personally, I opted for the package.
Advantages:
Works in all popular Windows: XP, 7, 8, 8.1;
Works very quickly;
The set includes a large number of utilities that will help you quickly optimize your PC;
Free features of the program are enough "for the eyes";
Full support for the Russian language.
To clean the disk from unnecessary files, you need to run the program and go to the modules section. Then select the "disk cleanup" item (see the screenshot below).
2. Removing long-unused programs
Most users, over time, accumulate just a huge number of programs, most of which they no longer need for a long time. Those. once solved a problem, solved it, but the program remained. In most cases, it is better to uninstall such programs so that they do not take up space on the hard disk, and do not take away PC resources (many such programs register themselves in startup, which makes the PC start to turn on longer).
Finding rarely used programs is just as convenient in
To do this, in the modules section, select the Uninstall programs item. See screenshot below.
Then select the subsection " rarely used programs". By the way, be careful, there are updates among rarely used programs that should not be removed ( programs like Microsoft Visual C ++, etc.).
By the way, there was earlier a small article about uninstalling programs: (it may come in handy if you decide to use other utilities to uninstall).
3. Find and remove duplicate files
I think that every user on a computer has a dozen ( maybe a hundred ...) various collections of music in mp3 format, several collections of pictures, etc. The point is that many files in such collections are repeated, i.e. a large number of duplicates accumulate on the hard disk of the computer. As a result, disk space is not used rationally, instead of repetitions, unique files could be stored!
Finding such files “manually” is unrealistic, even for the most annoying users. Moreover, when it comes to disks of several terabytes completely clogged with information ...
As a result, such simple actions can not only clean the computer of unnecessary files, but also increase its performance and reduce the number of errors. I recommend doing this cleaning regularly.
All the best!
Currently, most of the services work over the Internet, and the user needs to work with a computer. Over time, more and more files are collected on the device that are not used by a person or by the system itself. They take up space and strain the PC, slowing it down. You need to know how to properly clean your computer in order to get rid of loads and freezes.
Prescribing prophylaxis
Hard drives on modern PCs have a lot of capacity, but even they can become full, resulting in the need to delete unused files. This procedure is required for home, office and laptop systems. The accumulated "garbage" prevents the machine from working normally, slows down the process of searching for data on the hard disk. But when deleting, you only need to get rid of unnecessary files without affecting important system records.
A large amount of "garbage" remains after the installation of games and programs. The system starts to load more slowly and open dialog boxes. When installing some software, additional applications can also be installed, if the user has not cleared the corresponding checkboxes. All this loads the PC.
If there is too little space left on the hard disk, the system will display a message about the need to clean it up. Regularly deleting unnecessary data has the following benefits:
- the computer will run faster;
- there will be more space for the necessary files and documents;
- programs and the system itself will start much faster;
- the risk of critical errors that automatically minimize a running game or application will decrease.
Self-cleaning methods
To clean your computer of unnecessary files on your own, you do not need to manually search for each of them and delete them. For this, there are special utilities and tools that automate the work and do not require much user intervention. You can completely remove the "trash" using the system function located in the properties of the hard disk. Another way is to install additional software, such programs, for example, include Unistall Expert, CCleaner.
Media files and shortcuts
Over time, a significant number of documents and shortcuts accumulate on the desktop, which are no longer used and only take up space. This makes it more difficult for the user to find the necessary programs. Extra files can be selected and moved to the trash. The latter needs to be cleaned after removing the "debris".
In second place after games in terms of weight and memory consumption there are video files... The user may forget to delete the watched movie or series. Such a file can weigh from 700 MB to 30 GB. You should also delete the accumulated torrents.
All browsers support the function of saving interested pages. A large accumulation of such bookmarks also slows down the application and the opening of new windows.
Unused programs
There are special utilities that scan the hard drive for old and unused data, from which the system can slow down. These programs include the "Disk Cleanup" built into Windows, as well as some third-party, more functional applications (Revo uninstaller, CCleaner). The utilities collect old registry entries and files and then offer to get rid of them. The process can be performed manually or enable automatic mode.
The computer may also store copies of files that programs use for some operations, but are not subsequently deleted. For the system to work well, it needs to be cleared of such data. The CCleaner utility is suitable for this. After launching it, you need to do the following:
- Select the "Service" tab in the left menu.
- Select "Search for duplicates" from the list.
- Use the checkboxes to set the criteria by which the search will be conducted.
- It is imperative to check the "System" column so that the application does not get rid of important Windows files.
- You can also add folders with the desired data to the Exceptions list.
- Press the "Search" button, the summary information will be displayed in alphabetical order.
- You need to select unnecessary files and click on "Delete selected".
A hard drive with an operating system installed on it is called a system drive. Cluttering it directly affects Windows performance. There should always be free space on this disk so that programs can create temporary files to work. The optimal stock is 20 GB.
You can manually get rid of temporary files by deleting all data from the Temp folder in the Windows root directory. This operation can be performed automatically by selecting the "Registry Cleanup" function in the CCleaner program.
You can also remove garbage from the disk using standard tools. To do this, follow these steps:
- Call the context menu of the system disk by right-clicking.
- Select the "Properties" item and in the "General" tab click the "Disk Cleanup" button.
- In the window that appears, mark the desired deletion parameters.
- Click the "Ok" button and wait for the cleaning to complete.
When you upgrade Windows, files are backed up in a separate folder. They become useless over time and clog the disc. The PatchCleaner software will help you clean properly.
The utility asks the system what data is being used, compares it with the contents of the Installer folder, and identifies broken items. Before starting the uninstallation process, it is recommended to make a restore point. It will allow you to return the cleaned data if errors occur in the system.
To remove "garbage" you need to run the PatchCleaner program and click on the Delete button. The utility will automatically clean up.
Removing unnecessary files from your computer is easy. Even an inexperienced user can perform this task by following the instructions. Regular cleaning of the system will allow it to work quickly, without brakes and errors.
