Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Keep your PC clean with nCleaner
by Brad Linder Sep 10th 2007 at 9:01AM
Like other system cleaners, nCleaner lets you clear disk cache, user history files, and also invalid Windows registry settings. But unlike our favorite system cleaner, CCleaner, we're not sure we'd recommend nCleaner for computer novices. Some of the options selected by default could erase user data that you might actually find useful.
For example, if you use the password manager in your web browser, there' s a good chance you'll accidentally delete all of your web site logins the first time you run nCleaner if you don't pay close attention to all of the options. And there are a lot of options, so it's easy to miss a few.
All told, we were able to save a few gigs of space on our test rig with nCleaner, and when we ran CCleaner afterward, it only found a handful of files missed by nCleaner.
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Rusty said 9:38AM on 9-10-2007
"when we ran CCleaner afterward, it only found a handful of files missed by nCleaner"
Begs the question....Why bother with nCleaner at all if CCleaner found more stuff after using nCleaner?
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Brad Linder said 9:43AM on 9-10-2007
Because we didn't try the reverse experiment. After a few days our computer should build up enough gunk to try running CCleaner and then follow up with an nCleaner run to see if it catches things CCleaner misses.
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