How I Free'd Almost 150GB From HDD

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  1. Posts : 558
    Windows 10
       #51

    Gary said:
    I get pop up ads from MS to upgrade Office.
    I do as well and i don't even have an office , go figure . If Microsoft's tech worked like it should it could of scanned my house and noticed there was no office before asking me to download one.

    Yes, i'm joking
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  2. Posts : 558
    Windows 10
       #52

    OldMike65 said:
    I will gladly start using Edge when it will allow apps to be installed, but won't even look at it again till then. That is my biggest complaint about Edge. :)
    People get very attached to their browsers , someone said they thought "Edge" would be used by 90% of all Win 10 users , i don't see that happening .
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  3. Posts : 134,237
    Windows 11 Pro (x64) 23H2 Build 22631.3296
       #53

    fredc said:
    People get very attached to their browsers , someone said they thought "Edge" would be used by 90% of all Win 10 users , i don't see that happening .
    I read on here somewhere that in OCT sometime, sp1, will have new features for Edge, including ability to install apps. If that is true then I will try it out again......
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  4. Posts : 558
    Windows 10
       #54

    Well thats good , it definitely needs something.
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  5. Posts : 19,516
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #55

    OldMike65 said:
    I read on here somewhere that in OCT sometime, sp1, will have new features for Edge, including ability to install apps. If that is true then I will try it out again......
    That's right, SR1 is planned for October, we insiders already have parts of it in 10525 and 10532 updates but not much improvement in edge.
    That brings us back to topic, every update and upgrade leaves some data on disk for backup and eventual uninstall of those updates, so using Disk Cleaner from windows to get rid of it may save some more space.
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  6. Posts : 1,463
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2 64 bit
       #56

    I did an experiment with CCleaner and here is what I found.
    Yesterday I cleaned installed W10 on my Laptop and when I installed CCleaner it offered Google and Google Toolbar and I opted-out and they were not installed. I uninstalled CCleaner today and when I installed it again I was NOT offered Google and Google Toolbar and again they were not installed. I went to my desktop and uninstalled CCleaner and again upon installing it it did not offer Google and Google Toolbar and again they were not installed. I am assuming that once you opt-out of Google and Google Toolbar it is not offered again. So when fredc said the opt-out is not there he is right on a system that had CCleaner previously.

    Jim
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    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       #57

    Phone Man said:
    I did an experiment with CCleaner and here is what I found.
    Yesterday I cleaned installed W10 on my Laptop and when I installed CCleaner it offered Google and Google Toolbar and I opted-out and they were not installed. I uninstalled CCleaner today and when I installed it again I was NOT offered Google and Google Toolbar and again they were not installed. I went to my desktop and uninstalled CCleaner and again upon installing it it did not offer Google and Google Toolbar and again they were not installed. I am assuming that once you opt-out of Google and Google Toolbar it is not offered again. So when fredc said the opt-out is not there he is right on a system that had CCleaner previously.

    Jim
    As it isn't required to register Ccleaner online, it probably was not uninstalled completely and some, either files, registry entries or parts of shared DLLs were left over. After a true uninstall, nothing of that would be left and installer would behave same as installed first time. Ccleaner is not only one that behaves like that.
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    Linux/W10
       #58

    fredc said:
    People get very attached to their browsers , someone said they thought "Edge" would be used by 90% of all Win 10 users , i don't see that happening .
    No chance, I've always used an alternative Browser since Netscape Navigator and this offering from MS won't change my mind. Firefox with plenty of buttons does me

    With reference to Eset and Ccleaner it's interesting to note that nothing is detected in Eset Nod32s default state, I would have thought a toolbar was more of an "unwanted application" rather than an "unsafe application"

    Eset Nod32 default settings

    How I Free'd  Almost 150GB From HDD-default-eset.jpg

    I've got Ccleaner installed and I'm still looking for these bloody toolbars it's supposed to have installed !
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  9. Posts : 1,579
    Windows 10 Pro
       #59

    fredc said:
    Again , there are no check boxes for the full version , you CANNOT OPT OUT , i agree with you about Eset being overly aggressive and other scanners being programmed to not detect them but there are still toolbars being installed whether they effect anything is another debate .<SNIP>
    <emphasis mine>
    OK, I'll take your word on that - it is a pretty big sidebar going here in a thread about cleaning up the hard drive. My intent was more to supplement interpretation of the ESET post you showed us and not to necessarily dispute whether the version of ccleaner you talked about was presenting an opt out that you were missing.
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  10. Posts : 1,579
    Windows 10 Pro
       #60

    fredc said:
    <SNIP>, i use Sandboxie which has kept me clean for years , it automatically deletes everything upon exit unless i decide to save something .
    +1 - Sandboxie is da bomb. I learned about that over at Wilders Security back in 2008 and, talk about pre-cleaning, it's like having Las Vegas on demand any time you feel like "going there"!
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