That is the point, Andre. There is no one-stop shop to do all of the house
cleaning. How many people know about Windows\Temp, and then
AppData\Local\Temp?
There are many other areas to clean, for efficiency and for privacy. That
is why I called this a "discussion".
Doc
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
Quote:
> Well, it does crucial areas of the system that often need clean up. If you
> want more granular control, you could try browsing the Temp directory with
> hidden files shown and clear out any unnecessary files from there.
>
> Click Start > type %TEMP% and hit Enter
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Dr. Strangelove" <DrStrangelove@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2DC9BD67-5CC2-4262-9621-7E964E637A45@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Sorry Andre, but Disk Cleanup only does a fraction of what is needed.
> >
> > Doc
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Its simple 'Disk Cleanup'.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> >> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> >> "Dr. Strangelove" <DrStrangelove@xxxxxx> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:E45DB4FE-CDEE-409B-A839-A1FFDD852553@xxxxxx
> >> > There are various methods and tools to clean up trash files, temp
> >> > files,
> >> > personal settings, Office temp, restore points, IE temp, etc, etc.
> >> > And,
> >> > there are a multitude of places for the trash to accumulate. However,
> >> > there
> >> > is no one list of what to clean, where to clean, how to clean, and in
> >> > what
> >> > order.
> >> >
> >> > Let's say you have your system tuned and want to do a backup without
> >> > having
> >> > all of the trash, temp, and settings be on the backup. What steps,
> >> > system
> >> > tools (ie Disk Cleanup), and methods do you use?
> >> >
> >> > And, for those of us paranoid about using unknown third party tools,
> >> > what
> >> > manual methods can be used?
> >> >
> >> > Doc
> >>
> >>
> >> >
>
>