KCleaner : easy and automatic System Cleaner

For those who have used KCleaner....is it more effective @ cleaning compared to CCleaner? Is it worth making the switch or is the beta versions not fully stable yet?

Thanks.

Update: After running KCleaner, CCleaner found that Firefox 3 cookies + download information was NOT being deleted (along with a few other items) as seen below in the screen capture.

I ran KCleaner, rebooted windows and after coming back here to Wilder Security Forums....I was STILL logged in. Apparently it's not clearing ALL of the data in FF3.

 

Here is a few observations, If I scan with Kcleaner and clean then a follow up with ccleaner still finds more garbage to clean.If I use ccleaner first then follow up with Kcleaner finds more garbage to clean.Seems like using both is more effective then one can anyone confirm this or is this redundent.

 

One possible bug: after using KCleaner.....opening iTunes launches "windows installer" to configure iTunes. Does this every time after running KCleaner.

 

Hopefully the author of KCleaner can include any of the additional locations that CCleaner cleans (not currently scanned in KCleaner) in his program.

That would eliminate the use of CCleaner as a "system cleaner" entirely.

 

Yep I just confirmed your finding

 

I usually use CCleaner or Empty Temp Folders on my XP sp2 system and if I use KCleaner after either one, nothing is found to clean (see my screenshot in post #56.

But it will also depend of how those cleaners are configured. E.g. for CCleaner, I have added some more items:


That being said, I really like KCleaner last beta, it is very fast and does not cause any kind of problem on my PC.

 

I really hate having multiple apps that are for the same purpose. I'd like to keep either KCleaner or CCLeaner. Now the hard part is deciding which one to keep.

 

I think he did this in options you can include or exclude files.

 

Don't miss ATF cleaner,its a speed demon,fastest sofar and recommended on many specialist malware cleaning forums.

 

This little cleaning program seems to seems to be doing really well.Keep up the good work

 

Thank you !

 

Confirmed : http://kcsofts.dyndns.org/mantis/view.php?id=741

 

Here is the workaround : create the following folder :

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Apple Computer\Installer Cache\iTunes 7.7.1.11

 

That works for me Thank you.

 

KCleaner 0.7.0.14 (Beta 7)

Download Setup

Download Portable Zip

Change Log :

 

Just to let everybody knows that it's also available at MajorGeeks now.

 

Wow you are fast my head is spinning. your are Awsome.

 

Thank you ! This was an important bug and many useful new features ;-)

 

Kyle,

After running your Cleaner,then checking against another-there are still temp files left over in yours-other than internet temp.

The others choice as regards temp files are Windows Temp-Current Users Temp-All Users Temp.

 

Hi Kyle, can you please add cleaning inside C:/users/username/Appdata

and

C:/System.sav

and

C:/windows/winsxs

There is always personal traces inside those 2 folders that need to be cleaned up.

Thank you.

 

When I run KCleaner it finds this following entry for cleaning:

Abobe Reader Installer Cache. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Setupfiles\Jdgl1EgcEHkZvNRlw3Rb

I then press "Clean", and KCleaner indicates that its been cleaned.

However, if I immediately press "Analyse", the same entry appears again. This happens in an endless loop.

Why is that if it has apparently been cleaned?

 

Once again, FIREFOX cookies and download data (see below) are not being removed with KCleaner. Also the following locations are either not being cleaned or are not yet included (need to be added, currently being cleaned by CCleaner). Please ADD them in the next build/release. Thanks.

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-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies\index.dat

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\desktop.ini

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\hpdlx8wo.default\downloads.sqlite 2.00KB

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat 70 bytes

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\

-C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\WordWeb\History.txt

-C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\FrameWork.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\provss.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wbemcore.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wbemess.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wbemprox.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\WinMgmt.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wmiprov.log
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wbemcore.lo_
C:\WINDOWS\setupact.log
C:\WINDOWS\setuperr.log
C:\WINDOWS\Sti_Trace.log
C:\WINDOWS\wiadebug.log
C:\WINDOWS\wiaservc.log
C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log

 

but is better then ccleaner?

 

Hi Kyle,

It is good for cleaning ?... on Program Files :

Microsoft Works : 143 Mb ( ...wizards )
MSN Gaming Zone : 8.33 Mb
Net Meeting : 3.13 Mb
Outlook Express : 4.17 Mb
Windows Media Components / Encoder : 13.6 Mb
Windows Media Connect2 : 3.39 Mo
Windows NT ( Access., Pinbal, dialer.exe ) :3.75 Mb
Windows Plus (Audio Converter ) : 2.87 Mb
Microsoft Office ( PowerPoint Viewer ) : 4.02 Mb
Microsoft CAPICOM : 781 Kb
Messenger (msmsgs.exe ...) : 2.04 Mb
InstallShield Installation Information ( data1.cab ) : 42.3 Mb !!!

?

Thanks

 

Please post a screenshot