McAfee QuickClean User’s Guide Version 1.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. Welcome to QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Chapter 2. Installing QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Installing QuickClean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents Using Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Moving an application from one location to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Using BackTrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Monitoring installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Setting BackTrack Monitor to run in the background . . . . . . . . .
1 1 Welcome to QuickClean QuickClean can be used for many more purposes than simply uninstalling old applications. For example, QuickClean can clean up junk files that have built up on your computer as you browsed the Internet, and it can do this cleanup automatically on a schedule that you specify. QuickClean can also move applications from one hard disk to another— even to another computer—and change all references to the application at the same time.
Welcome to QuickClean • Have outdated applications that you will never use again? If you have old applications that you no longer use, the Remove wizard will remove all traces of them from your computer. Of course, if you think you might use an application again in some circumstances, you can use the Archive wizard to create a compressed backup copy and keep shortcuts to the application on your computer so that you can restore it easily.
2 2 Installing QuickClean The installation program on the QuickClean CD lets you install the program easily on your computer. Installation should start automatically when you put the CD in the CD-ROM drive. The information in the following paragraphs will help you install and start using QuickClean. Installing QuickClean You can install and run QuickClean if your computer is running Windows® 95 or later, or Windows NT 4.0 or later.
Installing QuickClean Create the SmartLinks database The SmartLinks database stores information about the relationship between files on your computer. It stores the names and locations of all files needed by the operating system.
Installing QuickClean The Settings dialog box pages also let you view or change all settings that you specified in the interview. For information about using the Settings dialog box, see “Changing QuickClean defaults,” on page 14. Putting QuickClean to work QuickClean uses safe and simple wizards to perform its major tasks.
Installing QuickClean Table 2-1. The QuickClean wizards (Continued) This wizard... Does this... Archive Compresses an application into a backup file that you can restore whenever you need it again. You can also include data files that are associated with the application, if there are any. Move Relocates an application. Completely moves an application from one drive or folder to another—even to another computer—and adjusts shortcuts and Registry entries to refer to the application in its new location.
Installing QuickClean To see exactly what the default settings are, or to change them, click Settings on the Options menu in the main QuickClean screen. Then in the next window displayed, select any of the buttons available corresponding to the component category you want to change the default setting on or view its default settings.
Installing QuickClean Table 2-2. Options in the Settings dialog box (Continued) Options on this page... Set this default behavior to determine... QuickClean How old files must be before they can be deleted, and what kinds of files can be deleted. Folders The default backup, Archive, BackTrack, and Transport compressed file locations. Click Help in the Folders page of the Settings dialog box for information about these options.
Installing QuickClean To schedule an QuickClean event: 1. Right-click the Guardian icon in the clock area of the Windows taskbar, and choose What’s Scheduled from the popup menu. Figure 2-1. Scheduling events The What’s Scheduled dialog box appears. 2. Select QuickClean or Installation Monitor from the list of scheduled events in the Events window and click Schedule to open the Event Schedule dialog box. The default scheduled events are: • Qclean.
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3 3 Freeing Disk Space Windows applications and the Internet can clutter your hard disk with large unused files that take up disk space. Set up and schedule the automatic QuickClean wizard to clean up these files at specified intervals, or use the SpaceMaker wizard to clean up more kinds of files.
Freeing Disk Space To set up QuickClean Lite: 1. Click Settings on the Options menu in the main QuickClean window and select the QuickClean Lite button. Make sure that the QuickClean Lite options are set the way you want them. The defaults in the QuickClean Lite page of the Options dialog box specify what kind of files and settings can be removed. You can also click Schedule to specify the schedule for running QuickClean Lite automatically. 2.
Freeing Disk Space NOTE: By default, files are backed up before they are deleted. The compressed backup uses less disk space than the deleted files, and gives you a chance to recover deleted files later. Each time you run the SpaceMaker wizard, you can turn off backups or specify a different location for the backups. Choose the SpaceMaker wizard to: • Quickly create free space on one of your drives. You can specify the drive and the amount of space you want to free.
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4 4 Managing Applications The QuickClean wizards that manage applications are simple and extremely safe. They will not damage your computer or destroy data by removing important operating system files or files required by any application except the one you are removing, archiving, or moving. To use a QuickClean wizard you must have enough free disk space on your computer for the wizard to work in and enough space to store any backup copies of files or applications that the wizard may make.
Managing Applications Using Remove Getting rid of an application The Remove wizard gets rid of all traces of the application, including shortcuts and Registry entries. If the application has associated data files, you can remove those at the same time if you want to. If QuickClean detects that an application has an uninstall program of its own, you will be given the choice to use the application’s uninstall program or the QuickClean Remove wizard.
Managing Applications Using Transport Making a copy of an application to rebuild on another computer Use the Transport wizard to package an entire application and its configuration settings so that you can rebuild the application with exactly the same option settings on a different computer. To start the Transport wizard, click PowerClean in the QuickClean main window; then select Transport. You can also include associated data files in the Transport package.
Managing Applications You do not need to have QuickClean installed on the machine where you reinstall the transported application. You do need to make sure that the application license agreement permits you to use the application on more than one computer. A package file created by the Transport wizard contains: • The application itself. • Registry entries that store application default settings, and other information needed to set up the application exactly as it was on the original computer.
Managing Applications To free the most hard-disk space, store the archive on a removable disk, such as a Zip® disk. But even if you store the archive on your hard drive, its compressed files reduce the amount of space the application takes up. After the Archive wizard creates the compressed archive file, it removes the application from the folder where it was installed, but leaves the shortcuts to the application in place.
Managing Applications After the application is moved, the wizard changes all shortcuts and Registry entries to refer to it in its new location. Choose the Move wizard to move an application: • From a crowded hard disk to a new, second hard disk with more space. If you have installed a second hard disk, relocate some applications from your primary hard disk to create more space there. • From your local computer to a drive on another computer.
Managing Applications Setting BackTrack Monitor to run in the background To keep BackTrack Monitor active while you work on your computer: 1. Click Settings on the Options menu in the main QuickClean screen. 2. Click the BackTrack button, and specify what you want to monitor. To run Installation Monitor automatically in the background while you work, you must select either or both of the options on the BackTrack page.
Managing Applications + WARNING: You cannot use the BackTrack wizard to undo the installation of an application that BackTrack Monitor did not monitor. In this situation, use the Remove wizard. To undo an application installation: 1. Click Applications from the QuickClean main window; then select BackTrack to start the BackTrack wizard. 2. In the first BackTrack wizard screen, click Next. 3. Select the BackTrack archive from the list and click Next again.
5 5 Restoring Information Removed applications and files that have been backed up by QuickClean can be restored by the Restore wizard. The Restore wizard also restores archived applications. The Restore wizard does restore: • Archived applications. • Removed applications that the Remove wizard backed up. • Files that were removed by the SpaceMaker or Remove wizards, or that you deleted using the PowerClean feature, if backup copies were made. The Restore wizard does not restore: • Move wizard actions.
Restoring Information • The information in the Restore wizard list includes the name of the backup or archive file, such as “Archive of Glaxian,” the name of the wizard that created the backup, and the date the backup was created. 3. Select an archive or backup from the Restore wizard list and click Next. 4. On the second wizard screen, the names of all files that will be restored are displayed. 5. In the second wizard screen, you can select files to restore, and click Next.
Restoring Information To restore individual files: 1. Click PowerClean in the QuickClean main window; then select Restore. 2. On the Restore wizard screen, click the arrow by the dropdown list and select the backup or archive folder. To see a list of the files contained in the backup or archive, click Next. 3. Select the files you want to restore from the list that appears in the next wizard screen; then click Next. 4. In next wizard screen, you can choose: • How to replace files in restoration folders.
Restoring Information To delete a backup file: 1. Select the backup file in the first Restore wizard page list. 2. Click Report and select the Report Log tab to see a list of files contained in the backup. Click Close to return to the first Restore wizard page. 3. If you are sure that you will not need any of these files, click Delete. You are prompted to confirm deleting the file.
Restoring Information If you only want to see what QuickClean has done, you can review the list of actions displayed in the Reports window. However, if you want to keep a record of QuickClean actions for later reference, you can print the report information or save it as a file.
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6 6 Using PowerClean If you are an experienced computer user, you can use the PowerClean feature for custom file and Registry management. Using the PowerClean feature you can view, move, copy, delete, and archive files from the QuickClean default categories, which are usefully organized into groups of duplicate files, non-critical files, disconnected shortcuts, and so on. In addition, you can create custom file groups of your own to make it easier to manage specific kinds of files in specific locations.
Using PowerClean When you install applications or executable files, you can often choose not to add them to the Programs list. These application files appear in the Disconnected Executables file group list. To add an executable file to the Windows Programs list, select the file name in the PowerClean list. Then click Connect to Start menu on the Tools menu and specify where you want to add the file in the Programs list.
Using PowerClean The left pane displays an expandable list of default file groups. Click the + next to the group name to expand the group list. For information about the default groups, see “What are the default file groups?,” on page 36. For information about creating a new file group, see “How can I create a custom group?,” on page 37. The right pane displays the names of files in the selected default group. Files are color-coded to indicate how important they are to your computer and its applications.
Using PowerClean The major file groups are described briefly in the following table. A description of the selected group or subgroup appears in the Advice tab pane. Note that some files appear in more than one group. For example, the Non-Critical Files group contains an Archive subgroup which contains the same files as the Internet Stuff group Archive subgroup Table 6-1.
Using PowerClean Table 6-1. The PowerClean default file groups (Continued) Category Description Windows Registry Important Registry entries for applications. Registered File Types Files in each file-type category that is associated with an application. Custom File Groups This group contains file groups that you name and define. For information about creating your own file groups, see the following section.
Using PowerClean 5. Click OK to save the new group. To change the definition of a custom file group: 1. Select the file group in the Cleanup Types list. 2. Click Edit File Group from the Tools menu. The Custom Group dialog box appears. 3. Change the information in the dialog box. You can change any information that appears, including the name of the custom group. 4. Click OK to save the changes.
Using PowerClean NOTE: For more information about the menu commands, click Help and click What do the PowerClean menu commands do? in the What do you want to know about PowerClean? section. Using the tab panes The tab panes below the group and file lists display information, either about the selected file or about the actions that you have performed during this PowerClean session. Table 6-3. Information in the PowerClean tab panes Click this tab... Advice To see...
Using PowerClean In some cases, the color code is determined by your default settings. For example, if you specify that files of a specific type in a specific location should never be deleted, those files are marked with a red circle. Table 6-4. Descriptions of PowerClean color codes Code Description Red circle with a diagonal line across it Files marked with this code are necessary for your computer to run correctly. You cannot delete these files from the PowerClean dialog box.
Using PowerClean If you have started QuickClean, but are not are not working with the PowerClean feature, click Options in the main QuickClean window, then click Settings in the menu that appears. When the Settings dialog box opens, click the PowerClean tab. The original default settings: • Turn on read-only mode. • Specify that files must be 180 days old to be deleted. • Create backups of all deleted files.
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A A Product Support How to Contact McAfee BEFORE YOU CONTACT McAfee Software for technical support, locate yourself near the computer with McAfee QuickClean installed and verify the information listed below: • Have you sent in your product registration card? • Version of McAfee QuickClean • Customer number if registered • Model name of hard disk (internal or external) • Version of system software • Amount of memory (RAM) • Extra cards, boards or monitors • Name and version of conflicting software • EXACT
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Index A F applications archiving 26 monitoring installation of 28 moving to new location 27 rebuilding transported 26 removing 24 transporting 25 features listed and described 9 Archive wizard described 26 restoring archived applications 31 when to use 27 B BackTrack how to use 28 to 30 setting defaults for 15 See also Installation Monitor.
Index O options, setting. See Settings dialog box.
Index W wizards Archive 26 listed and described 13 Move 27 QuickClean Lite 19 Remove 24 Restore 31 SpaceMaker 20 to 21 Transport 25 User’s Guide 51
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