Users who are searching for a tool / software which can work for him like a toolbox can now use Glary Utilities. Glary Utilities is software which is a full set of small utilities. Glary Utilities not only support traditional windows operating systems but also it supports Windows 8 too. In this tool good clean-up options, including a 1-click clean up button is available. If you are searching for a good free Windows optimization software, then I am sure you will finally settle down with Glary Utilities Free.
Glary Utilities Free is compact yet user-friendly interface. The interface is intuitive and very easy to use. It offers various modules that promise to keep your Windows PC running in top condition.
The Clean up and Repair module offers the following tools:
Disk Cleaner removes junk data and files from your disks and thus help you recover disk space.
Registry Cleaner will scan and clean up your registry.
Shortcuts Fixer will identify and delete the broken shortcuts in your start menu & desktop.
Uninstall Manager will help you completely uninstall programs you no longer need.
The Optimize & Improve module includes the following tools:
Startup Manager helps users to manage start-up programs which run automatically on startup.
One can also chose to delay some startups and even decide upon and set the Delay Time. A few freeware is available on the internet which offers this option.
Memory Optimizer offers to monitor and optimize free memory in the background. You may disable the auto-memory management feature, as since Windows Vista memory management by the OS itself is now pretty good.
Context Menu Manager is another useful tool that allows you to manage the context-menu entries for files and folders. One can edit the entries in the create New and Sent To menus.
Registry Defrag lets you defrag the Windows registry. There are a few freeware available which offers this feature for free.
The Privacy & Improve module includes the following tools:
Tracks Eraser erases all the Traces, tracks and evidences in Windows, Internet Explorer, Plug-ins, other alternate browsers and more. It auto-detects the installed applications and offers you erasing options for those applications only.
File Shredder let you erase files permanently so that no one can recover them with any other recovery tool.
File Undelete lets you recover accidentally deleted files.
File Encrypter and Decrypter, will help you protect your files from unauthorized access, by encrypting them.
The Files and Folders module contains some rather useful tools:
Disk Analysis Tool will analyze how your disk space has been utilized. It shows the disk space usage of your files and folders, so that you can find out which programs are eating up your disk space.
Duplicate Files Finder will search for space-wasting and error producing duplicate files.
Empty Folders Finder will help you find and remove empty folders in your windows.
File Splitter and Joiner helps you split large files into smaller manageable files, and then rejoin them.
System Tools module does the following system jobs:
Process Manager monitors programs that run on your PC and stop spyware and Trojans.
Internet Explorer Assistant manages Internet Explorer Add-ons and restores hijacked settings.
System Information, collects information about your computer and presents it to you in a neat form. It also allows to you create a report and export the data.
Windows Standard Tools provides direct access to the useful windows default functions, somewhat similar to our Windows Access Panel.
1-Click Maintenance
The best part of this freeware is that in this software 1-Click Maintenance tab is available which allows you to set all these options and then use the 1-click maintenance to clean up your PC.
I recommend you to after download and install the program, go through the entire UI and set the settings as per you requirements. Once you have finalized your settings, all you need to do on subsequent runs, is to run the 1-click maintenance tool, and let it do the job for you. You will find that the job gets executed quite fast.