disk cleaner

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Hi what exactly does the disk cleaner in windows do. SHould one run it often
and why? is it safe to do and is it necessary for all of us to do. How
often? please advise because I want to install sp2 and am trying to get my
pc ready and read that doing this before as well as occasionally, is a good
idea. thanks
 
Azy said:
Hi what exactly does the disk cleaner in windows do. SHould one run it
often
and why? is it safe to do and is it necessary for all of us to do. How
often? please advise because I want to install sp2 and am trying to get my
pc ready and read that doing this before as well as occasionally, is a
good
idea. thanks
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Are you referring to Disk Cleanup, part of System Tools or the standalone
third party utility Disk Cleaner?
 
The one that comes with win XP home - Is it the same as the defrag tool that
also comes with XP??? Maybe that is what it is called. Questions apply for
defrag tools as well-
 
Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312

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Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Hi what exactly does the disk cleaner in windows do. SHould one run it often
and why? is it safe to do and is it necessary for all of us to do. How
often? please advise because I want to install sp2 and am trying to get my
pc ready and read that doing this before as well as occasionally, is a good
idea. thanks
 
Worthless program.


Try Disk Cleaner, it will Clean:
Temporary Internet Files {Including the contents of the Content.IE5 folder}
Internet Cookies
Internet History
System Temporary Folder
Recent Documents
Run... Dialog List
Find Document List
Find Computer List
URLs in IE Address Bar
URLs in Shell Address Bar
Media Player Recent URLs
WinZip Recent Files
WinZip Extract To Folders
Paint Recent Files
WordPad Recent Files
Cleans Recycle Bin (what else?)
Opera Cache
Opera Cookies
Opera History
Opera Visited links
Opera Download History and Download folder
Firefox Cache
Firefox Cookies
Firefox History

Disk Cleaner
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