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Windows operating system alternative garbage cleaning

Lifting the computer cleaning work, everyone is familiar with it! However, many friends have some limitations in the understanding of cleaning up, more concentrated in deleting some of the garbage generated by Windows itself. Files and other aspects; in fact, there are some alternative garbage, such as: software in the right-click menu items; IE right-click menu, toolbar icons, useless items in favorites; invalid shortcuts. Their existence not only wastes our precious hard disk space, but also leaves a chance for the virus. Therefore, it is necessary to give the computer a big cleanup in time.

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Explorer 1, the right-click menu to delete unnecessary items

we all know, many software during installation, first of all to itself The installation files are extracted to a temporary directory (usually the Temp directory under the Windows folder), such as WinZip and other tools, and then installed. If the software design is negligent or there is a problem with the system, when the installation is finished, these temporary files will become "temporary" and become a pile of garbage on the hard disk, often they appear on the face of *.tmp; in the software During the running process, some temporary swap files are usually generated, such as backup files such as *.old and *.bak generated by some programs, anti-virus software or backup files generated by the system software when checking the hard disk, etc.; After uninstalling, it will also leave some folders, *.dll files, *.hlp files and registry keys and small and unknown things in the hard disk, which will become genuine garbage. In fact, after we uninstall an application normally, some items that are no longer needed will be left in the right-click menu, and they need to be deleted. These legacy items are generally stored in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellexContextMenuHandlers"; if they are only valid for the folder, they are stored in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshell" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryshellexContextMenuHandlers", sometimes in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershell" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTFoldershellexContextMenuHandlers", and they will be deleted after finding them. Just fine.

In addition, use the search function of the registry can also remove files left behind after uninstallation, find information about the software in the registry key, locate and delete, there may be more, then you can use F3 The shortcuts continue to find until all items have been deleted.

(Hint: Before any registry deletion operation, you must export the items to be deleted in the Registry Editor.)

2, use ShellExVIEw to clean up

Manually delete the unwanted right-click menu items in the registry, it is very convenient, but you must export the deleted items to prevent errors! Many friends will think that there is some trouble, here is recommended to use ShellExVIEw free software to To accomplish the above tasks, it is a small tool that can display and control all Windows shell extensions installed to the system, such as: right-click menu, use the right mouse button to hold files or folders to release buttons and pop-up menus.

After downloading, you can extract the compressed package to any folder, such as "C: ShellExView", and run "ShexvIEw.exe" to start the program. If you want to remove the previously installed Real Player software from the right-click menu, you can find and select the "C:Program FilesRealRealOne Player pshellsearch.dll" item under the "Filename" column (by file name, you can also use " Description", "Extension Name" and other conditions to find), right click and select "Disable Selected Items", so the Real Player software disappears in the right-click menu. If you select "Enable Selected Items" again, you can restore.

In addition, with ShellExVIEw, you can also add or delete specific folders (printers, recycle bins, scheduled tasks, network connections, etc.) on "My Computer" and on the desktop, such as selecting "Administrative Tools" from the list. ", then click on "Files→Add Selected Items To..." and select "My Computer" in the submenu below. This will add the "Administrative Tools" to "My Computer".

Software Name: ShellExVIEw, Software Version: 1.01, Software Size: 22KB, Applicable Platform: Windows98/Me/2000/XP, Download Address: http://files.webattack.com/localdl834/shexvIEw.zip

3, delete the "New" option

sub-menu, select "New" submenu in the right-click pop-up menu, it will show A new file corresponding to the application is already installed in the system. As more and more applications are in the system, the content in the New submenu will increase. However, in the daily use of the computer, the user does not need to create so many types of files. In fact, we can completely delete the options in the "New" menu by modifying the registry, and the operation is not complicated, just start the Registry Editor and put [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.***] (".***" is to delete Delete the "ShellNew" item under the project's file extension), then exit the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Let's delete the "WinRAR compressed file" item in the "New" submenu as an example; first find [HKEY_LOCAL_MacHNESOFTWAREClasses.rar], delete the "ShellNew" item under it, go back to the desktop, press F5 key refresh, then right click on the blank space of the desktop, select "New", then you will find that the original "WinRAR compressed file" has disappeared.

4, delete "Open With" submenu of the useless items

Right-click a file, there may be some we do not need in the "Open" context menu submenu There are three programs in the "Open Mode" of the program, ".TXT" file, in fact, some will not be used at all. In this case, just find the corresponding extension item in the [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts] and [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations] in the registry, and then in the "OpenWithList" "You can delete unwanted key values or items in the subkey."

Let's take the example of deleting the useless item in the "Open Mode" submenu of the text file right-click menu; enter [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerFileExts.txtOpenWithList] to delete the corresponding key value in the right pane, and then enter [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSystemFileAssociations extOpenWithList], delete The corresponding sub-items can be.

Second, let IE lightly go into battle

With the continuous development of the network technology
, communication and communication through the network has become the daily life of many people. Part of it, however, the disharmony in IE is always confusing. The window title and the default home page have been changed beyond recognition; the right-click menu, toolbar, and toolbar have been forced to add a variety of messy content, etc. In fact, the above situation can be solved by the 3721 Internet Assistant. If you don't have it installed on your system, you can open assistant.3721.com in your browser and download and install the Internet Assistant to the system. After the installation is complete, it is recommended to restart the system and proceed to the next step.

1, cleaning up IE right-click menu

the web browser window opens, you right-click the mouse, the shortcut menu will pop up, from which we can quickly conduct such as file downloads, save the picture Wait for many operations. However, many programs now add their own items to the IE right-click menu as long as they are installed in the system. In the long run, the IE right-click menu will not only become very bloated, but also make the pop-up menu longer and longer, affecting the operation of the system. Therefore, it is necessary to clean up the unneeded right-click menu items.

First start IE browser, and then click "Internet Assistant → Repair IE → Restore IE Appearance" under the address bar to open the window: To clean the IE right-click menu, we just select "Clean up" in the window. IE right-click menu "tab", you can open a new window, the middle list shows all the items in the current IE right-click menu, if you want to clear which item, just select it with the mouse, then click the "clean up" button .

2, clean up IE toolbar button

clean up IE toolbar button methods similar to this. Click "Clean IE Toolbar Button" to enter the function page:

The middle list shows the buttons that can be cleared on the IE toolbar. Simply click on the checkbox in front of each item and click on "Clear Now" to remove the selected toolbar button.

Reopen an IE window and you can see that the deleted toolbar button has disappeared.

3, clean up IE toolbar

Because of IE's flexibility, its toolbar is free to add, in the case of a lot of want to put on the toolbar of IE, IE It became more and more crowded.

In addition, if more than 3 toolbars are loaded, the startup speed of IE will be reduced. This is because when IE starts, it will initialize the toolbar that needs to be loaded and complete some settings. We don't feel when there are only one or two toolbars. For more than 3, the speed will be significantly reduced. In addition, if the content of the toolbar needs to be downloaded from the Internet, the delay is even more obvious. Therefore, it is recommended that you only load up to 2 toolbars.

course, IE also provides the ability to not load the toolbar. Click the menu "View → Toolbar", you can see the toolbar installed in IE, the "standard button", "address bar" is the most basic and should not be deleted. Others like "links", etc., are of little use and can be loaded without. The method is to click on the item, the "check mark" mark in front of it disappears, and the toolbar represented by the item is no longer displayed in IE. However, it is obvious that since each toolbar is removed, IE needs to be refreshed once, so this operation is troublesome.

In fact, we can use the Internet Assistant to complete this operation. Start IE browser, and then click "Internet Assistant → Repair IE → Restore IE Appearance" under the address bar. To clean the IE toolbar, we can open the new one by selecting the "Clean IE Toolbar" tab in the window. The window, the middle list shows the items that can be loaded in the IE toolbar. Just click on the checkbox in front of each item and click on "Clear Now". Reopen an IE window and you can see that the toolbar is not loaded.

clean up after the above, I believe you must cool a lot of IE, and because relieved some of the burden of traveling light, IE startup speed is a lot faster now!

III. Deleting invalid shortcuts

Everyone knows that whether it is Windows 9x/Me or Windows XP with SP1 patch, it takes a long time, and various junk files and spam in the system will come. more. There is also a little-known garbage in Windows, which is a shortcut to failure. For example, the folder where a certain software (or file) is located has been modified, but the shortcut still points to the original location, or The software has been uninstalled or deleted, but the corresponding shortcuts remain in "Start → Programs", "Start → Documents", "C: Progeam Files", etc. The longer Windows is used, the more these garbage shortcuts, Windows It will also become more and more bloated, and the operating efficiency will of course become lower and lower. At this time, you can use Windows Optimization Master
to clean up, or use OrphansRemover this free software (download address: http://www.digiarch.org/download/orphansremover.zip