User`s guide

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Having created a custom method, you can save the algorithm you created. This will be handy if you
are going to use it again.
To save your algorithm, you need to give it a filename and show the path to the folder you want to
store it in by selecting the folder from the tree shown in the left pane.
Each custom algorithm is stored in a separate file with its own name. If you try to write a new algorithm to a
pre-existing file, the existing file's contents will be erased.
If you created and saved your algorithm for data destruction while working with Acronis
DriveCleanser, you can use it later in the following way:
 In the Algorithm selection window, choose Load from file… from the drop-down list and select
the file with custom data destruction algorithm parameters. By default, such files have a *.alg
extension.
22.4 System Clean-up
The System Clean-up Wizard enables you to securely remove all traces of your PC actions stored by
Windows.
It can carry out the following operations:
 Securely destroy data in the Windows Recycle Bin
 Remove temporary files from appropriate Windows folders
 Clean up hard disk free space of any traces of information previously stored on it
 Remove traces of file and computer searches on connected disks and computers in the local area
network
 Clean the recently used documents list
 Clean the Windows Run list
 Clean the opened/saved files history
 Clean the list of network places to which the user has connected using network credentials
 Clean the Windows prefetch directory, where Windows stores information about programs you
have executed and run recently
Windows Vista does not store information on file and computer searches. Furthermore, information on
opened/saved files is stored differently in the registry, so the wizard shows this information in a different way.
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Please, be aware that Windows stores passwords until the session ends, so cleaning the list of network user
credentials will not take effect until you end the current Windows session by logging out or by rebooting the
computer.