Which options to remove temp files and cookies

moondog

Hi ... I'm kind of new to this program , I'm curious to know when starting up JV16 which program do I use to remove those temp files / internet temp files and also the cookies ? Thanks

tullik

moondog wrote
Hi ... I'm kind of new to this program , I'm curious to know when starting up JV16 which program do I use to remove those temp files / internet temp files and also the cookies ? Thanks

A usual method is File Cleaner for temp files and Cookie Manager for cookies.

You have to work with the tools to gain understanding, then configure them to meet your specific needs. You can save your tool settings (Preference saving for File Cleaner and Whitelist/Blacklist for Cookie Manager). Start by reading the handbook.

For IE Temporary Internet Files, use the IE menu Tools...Internet Options...Delete Files.

There are alternatives you can set up in the Automation Tool for all three of these things, but don't do that unless or until you have a real good understanding of the windows directories involved.

moondog

tullik wrote
A usual method is File Cleaner for temp files and Cookie Manager for cookies.

You have to work with the tools to gain understanding, then configure them to meet your specific needs. You can save your tool settings (Preference saving for File Cleaner and Whitelist/Blacklist for Cookie Manager). Start by reading the handbook.

There are alternatives you can set up in the Automation Tool for all three of these things, but don't do that unless or until you have a real good understanding of the windows directories involved.

Thanks for the tip and I am on planning to read the book but I just wanted to start off knowing the basic setting so that I can use the program , Thanks

tullik

moondog wrote
tullik wrote ... work with the tools to gain understanding, then configure ... to meet your specific needs. ...

Thanks for the tip and I am on planning to read the book but I just wanted to start off knowing the basic setting so that I can use the program , Thanks

For an example, File Cleaner has a "Files to find" option "Unneeded files" with a "Quick select" of "Safe mode." This causes the tool to look in the drives checked in the "Options" tab for files satisfying these search words: *.tmp; *.temp; *.gid; *.chk; *.~*;

The *.chk files are usually file fragments "recovered" by chkdsk (filename=file???.chk). However, on my computer, there are a few files belonging to Firefox, Thunderbird, and windows download with this extension. Since I don't know their purpose, I don't remove them. I add the file names in the "Ignore words" tab and save the preference which I named "Default."

On your system, there may be other files on the list that you may not know are safe to remove. So you may want to put their names in your ignore list so they will not show in future File Cleaner runs.

redseujac

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moondog

Hi ... Thanks for both reponds , Much appreciated , Now I need to read more about it , I guess a little here and there , I will get a good understanding of it , Thanks again in the mean time

indecline

Moondog,

For general cleaning, I use the quite popular Crap Cleaner... and I use jv16 for more complicated stuff like searches and registry maintenance. CCleaner is very easy to use and does an outstanding job not only removing Windows temp files, but it will dig into common programs like Office and remove temp files there too, if you want.

Using both in conjunction with each other has worked great for me for years now, and keeps your computer running lean.

cheers,

jason

redseujac

Indecline

Ths forum is about jv16 PowerTools and learning to work with its features. I understand you try to help indicating a 3rd party program, but that's not the purpose of this forum topic where users asks questions about problems using jv16 PowerTools :