User Guide

User’s Guide 45
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.
• Prevent you from deleting files marked by a red circle as well as files
marked by a red circle with a diagonal line across it.
• Set the strictest criteria for duplicate files.
You can also specify the folder where you intentionally download files from
the Internet, if you have such a folder on your computer. If you are using one
of the most common Internet browsers, such as AOL, Internet Explorer, or
Netscape Navigator, QuickClean automatically finds the folder where the
browser caches files that it downloads as you open a page on the Internet.
If you are using an unusual browser, click Cache Folders... to specify the folder
where cached files are stored.
 NOTE: For more information about the setting PowerClean options,
click Help and click How do I set options? in the What do you want to
know about PowerClean? section.
Viewing what PowerClean feature has done
The Activity Log from the QuickClean main window tab contains information
only about actions that you’ve taken during the current PowerClean session.
For detailed information about all actions you have performed using the
PowerClean feature, including use of the Undo command, click View Report
on the File menu.
The main Activity Log window appears. Choose events to view as described
in “How do I see what QuickClean has done?,” on page 31.