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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; clean windows</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/clean-windows/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:51:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Remove Broken Shortcuts From The Windows Start Menu</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/remove-broken-shortcuts-from-the-windows-start-menu/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/remove-broken-shortcuts-from-the-windows-start-menu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:34:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[broken links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[broken shortcuts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ccleaner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[check links]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clean windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[start-menu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows start menu]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/remove-broken-shortcuts-from-the-windows-start-menu/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Windows Start Menu seems to grow in size over time. Even users who regularly uninstall software programs the proper way will notice that they end up with a massive list of folders and shortcuts in the start menu. Keeping an overview over working and broken shortcuts can be quite time consuming which is why [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft_windows.jpg" alt="microsoft windows" title="microsoft windows" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11907" />The Windows Start Menu seems to grow in size over time. Even users who regularly uninstall software programs the proper way will notice that they end up with a massive list of folders and shortcuts in the start menu. Keeping an overview over working and broken shortcuts can be quite time consuming which is why the little program Chklnks has been created by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Server 2003 Resource Kit but can also be downloaded independently from <a
href="http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/tools.htm#Link%20Check%20Wizard">this</a> page. Please note that the application will work fine in Windows XP as well.</p><p>The broken links checker will automatically scan the Windows Start Menu for broken shortcuts. Each shortcut found to not working anymore will be displayed in its interface giving the user the option to delete them from the start menu.</p><p><span
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src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/broken_shortcuts.gif" alt="broken shortcuts" title="broken shortcuts" width="470" height="374" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13428" /></p><p>Some or all of the broken shortcuts can be selected in the overview. A click on the finish button will delete all selected links from the Windows Start Menu. The software program will only delete the shortcuts and not the folders that they reside in.</p><p>It should be noted that popular system cleaners such as CCleaner are also capable of deleting broken shortcuts from the start menu. An easy way to delete empty folders in the Windows Start Menu is to use a program like <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/01/clean-windows-from-all-empty-folders/">Remove Empty Directories</a> and point it to the path on the computer system that stores the start menu entries (Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\).</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/remove-broken-shortcuts-from-the-windows-start-menu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Atomic Cleaner Cleans Up Game Leftovers</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/30/atomic-cleaner-cleans-up-game-leftovers/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/30/atomic-cleaner-cleans-up-game-leftovers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:36:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[atomic cleaner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ccleaner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clean windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet cleaner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[revo uninstaller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[system cleanup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[temporary files]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows software]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7322</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most installations on a Windows system leave files behind. This can be temporary files, files that have been created after installation, configuration files or files that have been added by patches. The default file uninstallation routines regularly leave files behind. This can be avoided by using specialized uninstallers (like Revo Uninstaller) that scan a computer [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most installations on a Windows system leave files behind. This can be temporary files, files that have been created after installation, configuration files or files that have been added by patches. The default file uninstallation routines regularly leave files behind. This can be avoided by using specialized uninstallers (like <a
href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/09/revo-uninstaller-program-uninstaller/">Revo Uninstaller</a>) that scan a computer system for leftovers and remove them automatically.</p><p>These files can be deleted manually as well but this usually puts the effort and time solely on the user. A third possibility would be to run Atomic Cleaner which comes with a mode to clean game leftovers from a computer system.</p><p><a
href="http://www.cc.cc">Atomic Cleaner</a> looks like the usual system cleaners. It can not only clean game leftovers but provides access to a temporary files and Internet cleaner as well. It offers four buttons to start the three different cleanups and one that will initiate a full system cleanup.</p><p><span
id="more-7322"></span><img
src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/internet-_cleaner-500x360.jpg" alt="internet cleaner" title="internet cleaner" width="500" height="360" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7323" /></p><p>The user can initiate to clean the system immediately by selecting any of the four main buttons or take a look in the advanced menu. The advanced menu provides options to scan the system without removing the data immediately. Atomic Cleaner displays a table after the scan that displays the space that the user could free if he would delete the temporary data on the computer system.</p><p>The advanced menu contains the option to add additional locations that should be cleaned up regularly. This is an interesting option for users who run applications that use their own temporary folders to create files on a computer system. The only option that is missing completely is one to perform Registry cleanups.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/30/atomic-cleaner-cleans-up-game-leftovers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>35</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
