February 16, 20188 yr Hi Folks, Just a heads up to a great Open Source - FREE - tool I've been using for the past few weeks - it finds, displays, and organizes far more material spattered around your hard drive and registry than I never knew about or that the standard Windows uninstaller will show you... Bloatware - watch out... Cleaned up my machines very nicely and even cleared some stuck registry entries I've had for years... It's got excellent reviews over on Source Forge... If you want to clean up your sim machine - this tool really helps... Just my two cents worth... Bulk C r a p Uninstaller *** Oh - C'mon mods - that's the name of the program - the censoring process mangled my link *** Note - if interested - just search source forge for the product... https://sourceforge.net/ Regards, Scott
February 16, 20188 yr Thanks, will check it out. Jude BradleyBeech Baron: Uh, Tower, verify you want me to taxi in front of the 747?ATC: Yeah, it's OK. He's not hungry. X-Plane 12 and MSFS2020 🙂 System specs: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 i7-13700KF Gigabyte Z790 RTX-4060-Ti , 32GB RAM 1X 2TB M2 for X-Plane 12, 1x256GB SSD for OS. 1TB drive MSFS2020
February 16, 20188 yr Removed the word from our word censor program. Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
February 16, 20188 yr Author 2 minutes ago, Jim Young said: Removed the word from our word censor program. Hi Jim, LOL - thanks so much - I knew it was automated - just joking around with you guys - but now I can post the link... Here's the direct link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulk-crap-uninstaller/?source=directory Regards, Scott
February 16, 20188 yr And two hours later my laptop is limping back into existance... So whatever you do, make a full system restore point before you install this programme. I took the most basic options when starting it and all I wanted to do is remove one 6 year old game and one social media app that was delivered together with the laptop itself (so it was probably at least 10 years old - and was never used) just to see how it worked. Then the whole thing virtually blew up in my face. BCU even took itself out, so the restore point created by it was not available. Thank goodness for Win's system restore point which was just two days old :) But I still will have to dig out my old Office CDs to repair Word and Excel... They appear to be truly and propery banjaxed. Cheers Mallard
February 16, 20188 yr Author Hi Mallard, Sorry for the troubles - I've used it on three machines - a coworker used it on two machines - and another coworker used it on one machine - all good - in addition to the overwhelming consensus on Source Forge... I used the defaults as well... Again - my apologies... Regards, Scott
February 16, 20188 yr Moderator I've always used PcDecrapifier - https://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ also free and never had an issue with it - been using it for years -first program I run after setting up a new commercial system. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
February 16, 20188 yr All mileage is variable, but there is no way I'd let a program like this touch my system. It's just asking for trouble (IMNSHO)..........Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
February 16, 20188 yr 1 hour ago, Penzoil3 said: Piriform's CC Cleaner is great. Used it for years. +1. It's still the best....Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
February 16, 20188 yr Author Hi Folks, CC Cleaner serves a different purpose - as it’s a malicious software (malware) removal tool - the program I mentioned here is a software uninstaller on steroids... The fact that it’s Open Source means it’s code is free to be evaluated and reviewed by anyone - it’s posted with the download - so it becomes difficult to mask malicious intent... Choosing how to manage your PC is definitely a personal choice and you should always do your due dilligence before blindly installing any product - learned from more than 25 years in the trenches as an IT guy in downtown Manhattan... CC Cleaner is a great tool and I use it as well - that said - no software is beyond compromise as CC Cleaner infected over two million machines with malicious software last September in a widely publicized event... The more we depend on our PC’s - the more we have to keep our guard up and never load something you’re not comfortable with... https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/avast-reckons-ccleaner-malware-infected-2-27m-users/ I was merely passing along some feedback on software I had a good experience with - your mileage may vary... Regards, Scott
February 17, 20188 yr I installed and run it with no problem. I haven't use it since I have to read the manual first. My CCleaner is ver. 5.40.6411 (x64) and never have a problems with it. Cheers,
February 17, 20188 yr "CC Cleaner serves a different purpose - as it’s a malicious software (malware) removal tool -" No, it's not. It is a registry tool, it is a junk file remover, and it will remove programs better than windows does. It has nothing what so ever to do with malware removal. It is a system cleaner. Sue
February 20, 20188 yr Oh and Scott... as of next month, I've been building and servicing computers for 20 years. Sue
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