Disk Cleaner is focused on ease of use, speed and a small size, both when downloading and when installed (the installation file is just over 360 kb).
It is fast, since the crucial parts are written with just the plain Windows API giving high search and remove performance. Disk Cleaner is also entirely self-contained: no other (large) DLLs are necessary to run the application, so it can even be run from a floppy without trouble. Handy to remove your junk from public machines.
Features of Disk Cleaner 2.0 :
· Easy to use one-click cleaning
· Cleaning Presets
· Quiet mode , i.e. for cleaning when booting ('/q')
· Extendibility by plug-ins
· Speed
What's New in Disk Cleaner 2.0 alpha1 :
Layout of extra information window (side window) has been improved. This is the most significant change, things are going rather slow.
· This version DOES NOT include support for:
- the recycle bin, internet explorer, opera, Firefox, some MRUs
· It does have:
- Secure Deleting for all files found with text plug-ins (*.dct files). Methods: overwrite with zeros, random data or Gutmann method (which is overkill)
- Give an overview of items (registry and files) found
To select a plug-in to use secure deleting, click in the space where usually the icons are or right-click an item and use the pop-up menu. A plug-in that is selected for secure deleting is indicated with a white check mark in a small green circle. Press the 'C' (configure) button to set the Secure Delete method.
What's New in Disk Cleaner 1.5.7 :
· Made the firefox plug-in to work with 1.5RC2 and 1.5RC3
· Opera 8.5 now also supported
Related downloads:
· EasyCleaner: lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files like temps, backups etc.