Battle Which optimization tool do you use?

[gigi64]

I use Glary Utilities 5 it myself.
What program do you use and why?

 

[Ink]

Didn't notice if you enable the Windows update cleanup in the in-built cleaner it makes the cleaning process very slow compared to any other cleaner?

Short answer: Don't use it.

The Disk Cleanup experience (“cleanmgr.exe”) is being deprecated. We’re retaining the Disk Cleanup tool for compatibility reasons. There’s no need to worry since Storage Sense’s functionality is a superset of what the legacy Disk Cleanup provides!

Source: Windows 10 and Storage Sense

Long answer: the legacy Disk Cleaner is resource intensive and feels slow to the user, because of how it works.

Windows Updates Cleanup takes almost 100% CPU usage, it's all about WinSxS compression and reintegration of updates

Source: Why does Disk Cleanup take so much time and cpu?

Windows 10 users are recommended to use Storage Sense instead.

 

[Dave Russo]

Kerish Doctor w/sound notifications turned off,It got system restore working for me again as I have had nothing but problems with this since Windows 10,when I had windows 7 it always worked

 

[BigWrench]

Wow.... I feel like a misfit on this one.... Wise Care 365 Pro.

 

[Tutman]

I did use Wisecare Pro some but not much anymore. I do use Wisedisk cleaner free daily on a schedule and manually Hibit Uninstaller junk and registry cleaner once a week or so (which will soon have the schedule feature!) Main c: drive is now SSD so just let windows optimize but for my games drive I use Wincontig manually on most used folders monthly or so.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

CleanMgr.exe

 

[TheBlueCreeper512]

None. I just use Windows Storage Sense

 

[roger_m]

I use Advanced SystemCare Pro, AVG TuneUp, Kerish Doctor and Norton Utilities Premium.

While I don't need to use all of them, they are all safe to use. AVG TuneUp came with my AVG Ultimate subscription. I bought Norton just to try the new version based on System Mechanic, as I could not find a trial version anywhere. I probably will stop using AVG and Norton when my subscriptions expire.

Although the ones I listed are safe to use, most optimisation tools can cause problems.

In fact, I only trust two optimizers - Reg Organizer and Kerish Doctor.

Just be aware that Reg Organizer's registry cleaner has minor issues with false positives.

 

[Venustus]

I tend to avoid them...!

 

[Nevi]

I tend to avoid them...!

Absolutely.

 

[Thales]

I tend to avoid them...!

Is there a specific reason to do that?

 

[Venustus]

Is there a specific reason to do that?

I had a bad experience once where the registry was corrupted which rendered some applications unusable..I guess that was in part my fault..

 

[roger_m]

I had a bad experience once where the registry was corrupted which rendered some applications unusable..I guess that was in part my fault..

Around 99% of registry cleaners have issues with false positives, meaning that they will at least sometimes want to delete valid registry keys. This is not a good thing, as sometimes they will delete important registry keys, which can cause problems.

There are a few registry cleaners which are very safe to use, but most should be avoided.

 

[kyros]

avg tuneup from me

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Is there a specific reason to do that?

Many.
System instability, privacy leaks, security problems. And most of such tools even want money for this nonsense.

Even Microsoft warn about such tools and they're normally doesn't do that

 

[Thales]

Convinced me! I'm gonna remove Glarysoft and switch to in-built microsoft cleaner.

 

[enaph]

None except for Windows own cleaning utilities (Disk Cleanup, Storage sense).

 

[Back3]

Kerish Doctor and Privacy Eraser, once a week. I disabled the registry module and blocked PE in my outbound firewall rules.

 

[Cortex]

Wise 365, I got a three user lifetime licence some time ago - Reg Organiser, occasional CCleaner, O&O Defrag & rarely Dism ++ - Have rare if any issues, actually none.

 

[9724anon7537]

Cleanmgr+
PrivaZer
Winaero Tweaker & 7+ Taskbar Tweaker
Mem Redut
DeviceCleanup
DriveCleanup
QuickCPU
Process Lasso

 

[Kongo]

Currently I use Wise Care 365 and Kerish Doctor.

Don't they overlap?