ECleaner is not the first Firefox extension to delete old extension preferences in the Firefox browser. Firefox Prefs.js Cleaner and Firefox Preferences Cleaner have been two extensions with similar options.

Ncleaner in its current state displays a list of preferences in its interface. The extension tries to sort the preferences by extension or type to make identification as easy as possible.

All you need to do now is to identify those preferences that are no longer used in the browser. This can be really easy if you know the names of extensions that you have used in the past, and not so good if you are not sure about a listed extension or preference.

The issue here is that the extension does not check if a parameter is still used by the browser or an extension, or if it has been a preference of an uninstalled extension

The list opens with a click on the Options button in the Firefox add-on listing. This listing can aid the user in the decision making process. I for one would backup the prefs.js file first in the user folder before making any changes, just to be on the safe side here.

It might also be a good idea to only delete those preferences that you are 100% sure about that they have been used by extensions that are no longer installed in the browser.

Firefox users can dwonload eCleaner from the official Mozilla Firefox add-on repository.

nCleaner is that software. I was not really sure when I read the description, one could say skeptical but I was soon convinced that nCleaner was indeed such a useful software that it will be replacing several other softwares that I have installed on my system. All that with a size of only 875 Kilobytes.

nCleaner pleasantly surprised me at first start by displaying notes and security tips for my system. It told me for instance that uPnP was enabled and that Automatic Downloads were disabled.

The main interface lists eight options, those are:

Clean System:

Lets you clean so many files and registry settings that it is hard to keep an overview. Lets you backup your registry as well which is recommended. This menu is divided into Systems & Applications and Registry. The first lists several sections like System Items, Office Applications and Internet Browsers who all have their own submenu with a lot of settings.

It is possible to add cookie exceptions and custom items. This is a comprehensive cleaner replacing CCleaner 2 on my system.

Find Junk:

Scan selected hard drives for all kind of junk – that is temporary files – and clean them. It is also possible to find empty folders, files and shortcuts. Again with the option to add more file types.

Tweak:

Two tabs listing general and privacy tweaks starting with ‘Don’t show balloon tips’ and ending with setting the max connections per server for the Internet Explorer to 10. Three profiles can be selected if you do not want to enable or disable the settings by yourself.

The profiles are Suggested, Performance and System Default.

Startup Man:

Enable or Disable items that are loaded during startup. Lists files but also registry entries, services but also system settings.

Real Time System Monitor:

Monitors the system to ensure that at least a selected amount of space if free at any given time. Cleans Temp files and others automatically when that limit is reached.

Shred Free Space:

Deletes all remaining file information on the free space of your hard drive to make it impossible to recover those files and information by normal means.

Settings:

Password protect nCleaner, select an algorithm to shred free space (Gutman 35 pass, Dod 5220.22M with 7 and 5 pass and Random with a custom amount of passes). Many more options and settings are available.

Logs:

Pretty obvious what this does, eh ?.

Ncleaner is great. Enough said. If you do not have it already go get it right now.

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