It looks into file formats, ActiveX, COM and OLE objects, shared DLLs, fonts, system sounds, help files, application paths, the Start menu, software, history lists, Windows Firewall, and others. The Registry Optimizer component aims to identify and remove any registry entries that are no longer associated with anything, in an attempt to boost overall PC performance. Apart from handpicking the exact items to remove and the ones to keep, it is possible to define selected files, file names, or folders of selected files as exceptions.

Scan results show the name, extension, full path, and size for each file prone to deletion. Users have the possibility to create an exclusion list of files and folders, ask the tool to ignore write-protected files when scanning and send items to the Recycle Bin instead of permanently deleting them, look into any selected drives for temporary, backup, general backup, thumbnail preview, and other types of files, as well as make a list with the file formats to take into account for scanning.

Initially it is necessary to answer several questions to optimize settings, which pertain to SSD drives, hibernation, Windows indexing service, and old update backup files. The interface has a clean appearance and organized structure, where the “Overview” section provides one-click access to running scans for the cleaning, optimization, and protection modules, showing total number of issues and size for each of them. However, since it is ad-supported, users should be careful when going through the setup steps, as WinOptimizer offers to download and install third-party components that it does not need to work normally. Installing the application suite takes minimal effort. The full package can be purchased for €29.99 / $41.53 (available for 1 year). The trial version runs for 10 days and does not impose any limitations. While novices can resort to one-click optimization and other automated tasks, power users may configure each part of the modules and evaluate information at the end of each job. System maintenance tools are not miracle workers but they can definitely ease users' jobs at finding workarounds to resolve frequent Windows issues without resorting to the ultimate solution: reinstalling the OS.Īshampoo WinOptimizer 2014 bundles a wide range of boosting, tweaking, analysis, and general care tools for keeping PCs in shape.

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