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Chooseoptions
Click‘Advancedoptions’under
PrivaZer’smainmenu,tick‘Saveregistry
changesmadebynextcleanups’,then
clickOK.Bydefault,yourentirecomputer
is selectedforscanning.Youcanchoosea
differentoptionunder‘Whichdevice’to
restrictit, if youwish.Leave‘Scan
in-depth’selectedandclickOK.
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Scanforitems
Bydefault,allthescansyouhave
previouslychosenareselected,alongwith
yourC drive– youwillneedtorepeatfor
anyotherdrivesthatyouwishtocheck.
RollyourcursoroveroneofPrivaZer’s
optionstolearnmoreaboutit, thenuntick
anythatyouwanttoexcludebefore
clickingtheScanbutton.3
Review and clean
Once PrivaZer has completed its
scan, click on an item to select it, then click
the results to see what’s been found.
Untick any categories that you don’t want
to remove, such as jump lists and Registry
entries, before clicking Clean to remove all
the detritus that you’re happy for the
utility to delete. Good luck!Each program is removed in the same
way: first its own uninstaller removes
the program, then leftovers are either
cleaned automatically or you can review
what’s being deleted before choosing
what – if any – of it to remove. Once
done, move on to the Windows Apps
section to clear out Microsoft Store
apps, including those pre-installed with
Windows itself (these can always be
reinstalled later through the Store).
Finally, use the Toolbars & Plug-ins
tab to review and remove unwanted
browser toolbars from all your browsers.
Dig deeper
Want to clean out other parts of your
PC? Put off by the recent malware scare
surrounding CCleaner? One alternative is
PrivaZer – go to http://www.privazer.com to
download and run the portable version.
Start by setting the program’s scope:
tweakAdaptPrivaZertoyourneeds,
thenclickNext.Choose‘Advanced’to
workthroughall 14 possibleoptions.
Eachoneisself-explanatoryand
basicallytellsPrivaZerhowfaryouwant
togowithyourcleaning– everything
fromcleaningoutvarioussoftware
configurationfiles(suchasOfficeor
photoapps).Inmostcases,the
recommendedoptionsarebestleft
alone– theonlyquestionmarklieswith
disablinghibernationonWindows 10
PCs,whichmaycauseproblemsif you
suffera powercutduringshutdown.
Onceyourpreferenceshavebeen
selected,choosethenewfileoptionand
clickOK.You’llthenbetakentothe
mainmenu– thestep-by-stepguide
(below)revealswheretogofromhere.If
indoubt,don’tdeleteanything.PrivaZer
willsecurelyoverwriteanydatait
removes,sorecoverywillbeimpossible.Nichecleaning
Wanttogoevenfurther?If you’re
regularlycursingatthenumberoffonts
offeredbyyourofficesoftware,whynot
takestepstoremovethoseunused
typefaces?You’llnotonlybenefitfroma
moremanageablefontsmenu,you’ll
freesomeadditionalsystemresources
too.ThebestwaytomanageyourfontcollectionisusingAMPFontViewer
(www.ampsoft.net/utilities/
FontViewer.php). Downloadandextract
theportableversion(ZIPfile),then
right-clickFontViewer.exeandchoose
‘Runasadministrator’.
Gothroughthelistidentifyingfonts
youdon’tuse– right-clicktheseand
choose‘Uninstallfont’,whichremoves
it completely.Fontsaremovedtoyour
Documentsfolderasa backup– choose
Options>Optionstochoosea more
convenientlocation.Shouldyouever
wanttorestorea font,switchtothe
‘Notinstalledfonts’tab,navigateto
yourbackupfolderandchooseeither
‘Installselectedfont’toputit back
permanently,or‘Installfonttemporarily’,
whichenablesyoutousethefontuntil
yourestartWindows.Clean your storage drive
“Setting a System Restore point is
not usually necessary, unless you are
removing lots of programs at once”
AMP Font Viewer lets you remove unwanted fonts.