Does anyone still use tune up utilities like CCleaner?

Chrysalis said:

My registry I like to think stays reasonably good mainly due to the fact I am very selective in what software I put on my machine, I tend to avoid most 3rd party security software and software that "optimises" the system.

Totally agree with you, @Chrysalis

[QUOTE=pparks1;2154898] For example, maybe after spending 45 minutes running all of their tools, they gained back 13 seconds in productivity during the day. Also, if they install 600MB of tools to recover 125MB of wasted disk space...they are still 475MB in the red.

Very well said @pparks1

I use CCleaner, BleachBit, and the erase function of Recuva every day. I also erase unused disk space with Eraser on my C:\ drive at least once a week. Paranoid about forensics? Yup.

RolandJS said:

"...spending 45 minutes running all of their tools, they gained back 13 seconds in productivity..." You are not correct concerning most of us using ccleaner and other related utilities. Most of us have no interest in gaining 13 seconds. Most of us do not spend 45 minutes. My educated guess is that you must be talking about a few, not the many.

My point is that often times when people come to the table with a whole laundry list of the tools that they use, they likely are spending a fair amount of time running these tools, and performing regularly scheduled maintenance. We are the enthusiasts, so I do somewhat expect this behavior. Whether or not it's worth it, is up to the user doing the maintenance.

Chrysalis said:

I choose to handle cookies within the browser (how can ccleaner know which ones are important to keep?)

You tell it which ones to keep by adding them to its whitelist, which it applies across all your browsers.