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1-Click Maintenance ...

... cleans your registry

Over time, the central Windows registry becomes filled with hundreds of superfluous entries. These include

references to non-existent files, backlogs of programs deleted long ago and faulty entries. Your registry is

cleaned, making your Windows system fast and problem-free. For more information, see Cleaning the Reg-

istry, p. 43.

... defragments your registry

Even after the registry has been cleaned as described above, it is not automatically smaller because the disk

space that is freed up is not released. This feature compresses the registry by deleting these gaps. For more

information, see Defragmenting the Registry, p. 50.

... removes broken shortcuts

1-Click Maintenance checks whether there are any broken shortcuts on your desktop or in the Start menu

or Quick Launch taskbar and then automatically deletes them. At the same time, a search is also made for

faulty entries in the history lists of various programs such as Windows Media Player or Microsoft Office. For

more information, see Removing Broken Shortcuts, p. 53.

... gains disk space by deleting unnecessary files

So-called "temporary" files are something of a nuisance. Windows and programs create temporary files on

the hard disk, in order to temporarily store certain settings or data. If the program in question is closed,

these files should really be deleted from the program. However, the program in question often "forgets" to

clean up after itself so that over time your hard disk can be filled with a lot of unnecessary data. 1-Click

Maintenance reliably deletes all temporary files and folders from your hard disk. For more information, see

Cleaning the Hard Disk, p. 63.

... optimizes system startup and shutdown

Some programs that are run each time you start your system slow down the startup process to an unnec-

essary extent. Such known programs that are definitely not required are turned off here. For more infor-

mation, see Accelerating System Startup and Shutdown, p. 55.

... defragments your hard disk

In the background, TuneUp Utilities changes the arrangement of files and folders so that they can be read

more quickly. Regular defragmentation is paramount - especially if the data structure of your hard disk

changes frequently, for example because you move or delete files or install new programs. Defragmentation

is, however, only carried out when necessary. And you can even choose whether - if it was determined that

defragmentation was necessary - a thorough or a quick defragmentation should take place, or whether this

should depend on the result of the analysis. For more information, see Defragmenting the Hard Disk, p. 58.

The Automatic Maintenance function is also configured so that it performs all these maintenance tasks.

However, it is run in the background and only the notifications tell you when it was carried out.

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