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easycleaner

by shadowrider Aug 6, 2004 11:42PM PDT

I saw in a post that Bob recomended easy cleaner to another member. I downloaded it and used it to clean the registry and unnecessary files , but when i tried it to remove duplicate files there were many files and not much info on which ones to remove. Is there more info that I can read to help me decide which are the usless files and which are important. most of the duplicate files I have seem to be Java.
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Re: easycleaner
by glenn30 Aug 7, 2004 12:28AM PDT

I have no good answer to this but suggest being very careful with this feature. For me personally I have decided not to use it since this can be a very risky undertaking. It's your decision but sometimes the differences are suble and with an untrained eye and understanding their deletion can lead to profound problems. Like you I would like duplicates removed but am fearful of the consequences. If you learn something of interest, please post back.

Best of luck,

Glenn

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Duplicate files.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 7, 2004 12:38AM PDT

This area may take more time to figure out than you may get "payback" on.

Here's what I do. I sort this list by the biggest files first. Usually, if I sort out the top 10 items, the rest are not worth dealing with.

Bob

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Re: Duplicate files.
by shadowrider Aug 7, 2004 1:29AM PDT

Something I forgot to say was that a lot of the duplicates have query at the end. Does that mean anything helpful.

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My advice.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Aug 7, 2004 1:32AM PDT

Sort it by size, pick off the biggest ones and you can regain some space. The rest become a tedious exercise which have no payback.

Bob

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Re: easycleaner
by Bob__B Aug 7, 2004 5:29AM PDT

I played with that option for a while and I thought "this is nuts".

If you go ******* files using this tool I hope you have good backups.

Looks to me like a good way to get your self in trouble.

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Re: NoClone
by NoClone.net Aug 10, 2004 9:33PM PDT

Try NoClone, it finds and removes TRUE duplicate files. With its smart marker, you can mark files by date, size, version, file name, folder for removal.

http://NoClone.net

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