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Click Maintenance, further details on any problems found are also displayed.
By default, 1-Click Maintenance performs the following tasks for you:
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.
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.
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.
Frees up 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.
Optimizes system startup and shutdown
Some programs that are run each time you start your system slow down the startup process to
an unnecessary extent. Such known programs that are definitely not required are turned off here.
Defragments your hard disk
In the background, AVG PC TuneUp 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.
Solid-state drives (SSD) are detected by AVG PC TuneUp. They are not analyzed or
defragmented, as it is not possible to optimize solid-state drives through defragmentation and
they could be damaged by defragmentation.