Glary Utilities Portable for Windows

Glary Utilities is one of the most consistently recommended freeware system maintenance suites, and our experience with it suggests such confidence isn't misplaced. It combines a Registry Cleaner, Shortcuts Fixer, Startup Manager, Temporary Files Cleaner, Tracks Eraser, Spyware Remover, and much more in one compact interface. Glary Utilities Portable is a full-featured portable freeware version of Glary Utilities. It can run for portable drives on any compatible Windows PC, making it a great addition to portable PC toolkits.

Glary Utilities Portable offers many tools to help you manage and enhance your PC. The Disk Cleaner cleans out unnecessary files and frees up disk space. The Registry Cleaner helps your system run smoother by cleaning the registry. The Shortcuts Fixer repairs errors in your desktop and start menu shortcuts. The Uninstall Manager helps you remove programs that you no longer need. The Startup Manager controls the apps that start automatically when you turn on your computer.

The Memory Optimizer makes your system more efficient by managing free memory in the background. The Context Menu Manager allows you to edit the right-click menu options for files and folders. The Tracks Eraser deletes your activity tracks to protect your privacy. The File Shredder destroys files permanently so no one can recover them. The Internet Explorer Assistant manages add-ons and fixes settings in Internet Explorer.

The File Encrypter and Decrypter keeps your files safe from unauthorized access. The Disk Analysis tool shows how your disk space is being used. The Duplicate Files Finder finds and removes unnecessary duplicate files. The Empty Folders Finder clears out empty folders to tidy up your system. The File Splitter and Joiner splits large files into smaller pieces and then puts them back together. The Process Manager stops unwanted processes that slow down your computer. Finally, the Windows Standard Tools provide quick access to the built-in maintenance tools of Windows.

We extracted Glary Utilities Portable and clicked the executable file, which ran the program without requiring an installation process. A simple interface offers four tabs: Status, showing version and license information; 1-Click Maintenance, with selectable tools; Modules, which accesses a wide range of tools individually; and Menu, which opened an Explorer menu accessing the Restore Center, Help, Settings, Skins, and more. The 1-Click Maintenance tool let us select which cleaners to include in the process. The Modules tab offered multiple tools under sections labeled Clean Up & Repair, Optimize & Improve, Privacy & Security, Files & Folders, and System Tools, which accesses not only a Process Manager, IE Assistant, and System Information tool but also many useful built-in Windows Standard Tools such as CheckDisk, System File Checker, System Restore, and Backup. The Settings included a long list of commands we could add to right-click menus in Windows Explorer, an Ignore List, and other options.

We ran a scan, which identified the number of problems found in each tool. Clicking Show Details opened pop-ups with detailed information about each entry plus the option to deselect it for cleaning. When we were satisfied, we clicked Repair Problems. When the cleaning finished, we could press Scan for Issues to check for additional errors. Like the installed version, Glary Utilities Portable cleaned and spiffed up our system while doing it no wrong. Used wisely, it's an effective system maintenance solution that includes many useful extras.

• Optimized Disk Cleaner: added support for 'Nitro Pro 11' and 'VSDC Free Video Editor'
• Optimized Tracks Eraser: added support for 'Nitro Pro 11' and 'VSDC Free Video Editor'
• Optimized Disk Defrag: optimized SSD scanning algorithm to improve user experience
• Optimized Quick Search: optimized COM scanning algorithm to improve user experience