Ace Utilities 5.0

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• Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: May 22, 2009
• Total Downloads: 1,066,090
• Downloads last week: 1,750
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Ace Utilities presents a suite of familiar PC-managing tools with a very small system-resource footprint.

Smaller than 2.25MB, the tools are all integrated into a clean, familiar, easy-to-use interface with options at the top and down the left gutter. Click on one option and it opens a new window; finish using it and it closes down to the main tool menu.

The Registry Cleaner lets you decide which invalid keys to delete and whether to exclude removable media and CDs from examination. To free up disk space, Disk Analysis displays which files and folders take up the most room. The Cleaning tools find empty folders and files, temporary and unnecessary files, broken shortcuts, and duplicate files, and then remove them--permanently if need be. Not only can the program handle browser tracks, but plug-ins add support for popular apps such as Acrobat, Kazaa, and ICQ.

These robust and customizable features--combined with the access Ace Utilities provides to a few hidden Windows settings, and the option of using it in the Beginner or Expert mode--make the download suitable for every level of user.

Publisher's description

Ace Utilities is a set of system-maintenance and optimization utilities for enhancing Windows performance. Tools include Unneeded File Remover, for regaining valuable disk space, Registry Cleaner, for preventing application crashes, Startup Organizer, for preventing spy applications from running behind your back, History Eraser, for ensuring your privacy, Duplicate File Finder, for finding and removing duplicate files, Dead Shortcut Fixer, for fixing and removing shortcut and Start menu errors, Uninstaller Plus, for uninstalling applications correctly, Disk Analysis, for analyzing your hard disk, Secure Delete, for deleting files permanently, and Cookie and Plug-in managers, for erasing the history of more than 200 applications. Your computer will boot faster and run applications more smoothly. The program will help you delete your Internet cache, cookies, temp files, visited page history, and all other recent document info.

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