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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: June 29, 2009
- Total Downloads: 50,472
- Downloads last week: 2,872
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 70 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 13, 2008
Remove the detritus of Windows with this very helpful freeware. Baku's interface is a lesson in clean, efficient design, and cleaning up your computer is easily completed using the three wizards to remove unwanted files, invalid Registry keys, and Most Recently Used lists.
This flexible program allows you to search for specific junk file types and easily exclude folders or drives from the scan. Results can be sorted a number of ways, with buttons to select (or deselect) all items for deletion. One oddity: Instead of going back to the main interface Baku completely closes if you cancel a search.
This freeware clean-up tool is powerful enough for system administrators but easy enough for the intermediate or Registry-savvy user.
Publisher's description
From Pmcc :Baku allows you to search for system registry errors and unneeded files that can be safelly removed. Baku deletes empty folders, 'History' folder contents, 'Recent documents' folder contents, 'Temp' folder contents, temporary internet files, cookies. Searches Windows log files, shortcuts to missing files and folders and user specified file types. Registry scan removes unused and obsolete keys, including ActiveX/COM, Application Paths, Fonts, Help files, Icon files, Sound files, Uninstall Programs and Windows Installer. The registry is automatically backed up before any changes are made. Implements the standard DOD 5220.22-M, to give you confidence that once deleted, your file data is gone forever (if Eraser is installed it will be used instead). Clears MRU lists from many applications including Media Player, eMule, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip, etc. Compacts the registry hives to the minimum size possible. Heuristic based scanning of applications MRU lists. Ability to backup and restore the entire system registry. Backup and restore system device drivers.
Version 4.0.3466 has improved file search speed and also improved MRU list detection.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.0.3466 has improved file search speed and also improved MRU list detection.
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User reviews of Baku 4.0.3466
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Version: Baku 4.0.3466
Pros: difficult to know if and what it's doing
Cons: needs detailed help instructions, for the novice, anyway
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Version: Baku 4.0.3466
"Good program; somewhat hard to familiarize with"
Pros: Does all the back up I need, and I like the features
Cons: It's not that I don't like the product...it's just that it takes a bit to figure out how to correctly use it.
Summary: I think I've said enough above.
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Version: Baku 4.0.3466
"Crap! Changes many things that it shouldn't."
Pros: Nothing! Lots of other free and good registry cleaners.
Cons: It corrupted my print spooler, so that I had to reboot to be able to print. It deleted almost all on my Control Panel "Sounds", so I had to re-install Baku's registry backup to get them back.
Summary: Dangerous to your computer's health!
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