It scans autostart, system drivers, firewall, fonts and more.

Registry - The Registry cleaner checks the Registry for temporary and incorrect data.

You can click on the cogwheel icon next to each entry for additional information on that scan. This includes among other things a Registry and Plugin scan. 1-Click Optimize, Cleaning, and Optimizationġ-Click Optimize runs scans using several of the included tools. The program supports English, French and German according to the developer website. Note: The program interface is available in English, but some prompts and text bits have been in German during tests.

HDCleaner loads the dashboard tab by default which lists the application's 1-click optimize prominently on the screen, as well as information on the hard drive health, bootup and shutdown time, and basic system information. This lets you restore the system to the snapshot should things go wrong in one way or another. You can do so directly from within the program. The very first thing you may want to do before you touch any other features of the program is to create a system restore point. Some users may have troubles with orientation as there is a lot going on. The program displays a good looking interface on start. We have downloaded and used the 64-bit portable version for this review. HDCleaner is offered as a portable version for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, and a setup version. Note though that you may not want to run the program in productive environments yet. While that is the case, it worked well and without issues on the systems I ran it on. The program itself is labeled as beta currently. It comes with a lot of tools despite its relatively small size of under 5 Megabytes. HDCleaner 2017 falls into the latter category. There is the popular CCleaner application, and also entire suites of applications such as Advanced System Care or System Mechanic. There is certainly no shortage when it comes to so-called cleaner applications for Windows.

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