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The Control Panel Manager lets you examine, disable and uninstall Control Panel items. Click the button and browse the list of items. To test what each element does, highlight and click 'Run selected'. To remove or disable it, simply click the relevant icon. The Services Manager allows you to easily take control of services that are started each time you use your computer. Note: This tool is not available for Windows versions that don't use services. Temp files are left behind by a variety of visited programs. To free some disk space, click this option and a wizard launches. Click 'Next' and Advanced Uninstaller will start totting up your temp files. To remove, click 'Delete' for a neat task summary. With all the sprucing tools available in this busy program, you could spend precious minutes tweaking your system to perfection. But should you just want to keep on top of things or run a swift eye over your machine, the Advanced Uninstaller Quick Cleaner will perform a quick system scour to remove a range of unwanted elements in a click. The first category of removable elements features items you can preen such as your temp files, recycle bin and History, while the other offers a list of applications that might leave tracks you'd want to remove, such as previously opened files, playlists and plug-ins. Running Quick Cleaner through your machine will keep it running efficiently, although this is a bulk system cleansing tool. If you want to keep abreast of your system performance, QuickLaunch offers quick peace of mind, although not a fraction of the functions available from Advanced Uninstaller. Quick Cleaner gives you one-click removal of those niggly little files that fill up your file space. In a matter of seconds we have cleansed our system of a whole host of unwanted elements. Start Menu Tools
If you are unsure about removing a Start Menu item or folder you can simply hide it. In case you will ever need it later all you will have to do is a simple button click to unhide it! The next phase of tools tackles the 'Start' menu. The top option lets you hide any unwanted programs from the list. Just tick each one and click 'Apply. Now choose 'Start menu cleaner'. This wizard will remove any broken shortcuts. Internet Explorer Tools This set of tools refers to Internet settings. To make sure peeping Thomases don't see where you've surfed before, you can manage your traces with 'Address Bar History'. Click the option for a comprehensive list of past places. Tick those to remove and click 'Delete'.  Cookie Manager
You can use the 'Cookie Manager' to remove any rogue elements from your machine. Click the tool and a list of cookies installed launches. Highlight an entry for a summary of its values, or cross the box next to it and click 'Delete' to remove it from the list. Should you want to remain ultra secretive about where you've been on the Web, set Visited pages' to work removing your Internet History. Use the buttons to specify dates or files for removal, search for a keyword or remove the lot. Should you want to remain ultra secretive about where you've been on the Web, Delete Temporary Internet Files' for good measure. Use the buttons to specify dates or files for removal, search for a keyword or remove the lot. Other elements for fine-tuning are Internet Explorer toolbars which can randomly acquire unwanted elements. Remove any rogues by selecting and clicking 'Disable'. If you don't like at all what you see, delete them for good! The final elements for fine-tuning are Internet Explorer plug-ins, which can acquire unwanted elements too. Remove any rogues by selecting and clicking 'Disable'. Plug-ins offer a description of their function. If you're not impressed, delete them too. The ActiveX tool gives you control over the ActiveX programs (also called ActiveX web controls) that are downloaded by Internet Explorer from the web. The Context Menus tool allows you to disable or remove the menus that appear when you right click a link, image or page in Internet Explorer. |
