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McAfee QuickClean

User’s Guide

Version 1.0

Summary of Contents for QUICKCLEAN 1.0

Page 1: ...McAfee QuickClean User s Guide Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...iliates in the US and or other countries All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners LICENSE AGREEMENT NOTICE TO ALL USERS CAREFU...

Page 3: ...duct packaging for the Software you may make use and install as many additional copies of the Software on the number of Client Devices as the volume license authorizes You must have a reasonable mecha...

Page 4: ...at McAfee s option either i return of the purchase price paid for the license if any or ii replacement of the defective media in which the Software is contained You must return the defective media to...

Page 5: ...ation by the United States Government shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement 9 Export C...

Page 6: ...This Agreement is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California without reference to conflict of laws principles The application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts...

Page 7: ...r 3 Freeing Disk Space 19 Using QuickClean Lite 19 Keeping computer free of unnecessary files 19 Setting up QuickClean Lite to run automatically 19 Scheduling QuickClean Lite to run at a specific time...

Page 8: ...eleted files 32 Getting rid of backup copies 33 About Activity Log 34 Viewing what QuickClean has done 34 Chapter 6 Using PowerClean 37 PowerClean feature 37 PowerClean feature open in read only mode...

Page 9: ...ou want to play a game again click the old shortcut to the game and let QuickClean restore it to its original location Use the Internet When you surf the Internet your computer can collect megabytes o...

Page 10: ...uter so that you can restore it easily About this manual This manual contains general information about using QuickClean It does not describe step by step use of the QuickClean wizards More detailed p...

Page 11: ...who has Administrator privileges To install QuickClean 1 Insert the QuickClean CD into your CD drive The installation wizard should start automatically If it does not click the drive letter of your CD...

Page 12: ...created when you install QuickClean Because building the database the first time can take several minutes it is created in the background as you provide some default information in an interview wizar...

Page 13: ...wizards QuickClean wizards simplify cleaning up disk space and managing applications NOTE Wizards are designed to be easy to understand and to use Each wizard screen tells you what you need to know t...

Page 14: ...also include data files that are associated with the application if there are any Move Relocates an application Completely moves an application from one drive or folder to another even to another com...

Page 15: ...able 2 2 on page 15 provides a brief description of each Settings dialog box page and tells you where to find more information NOTE For information about any Settings dialog box page click Help Table...

Page 16: ...from the QuickClean menu in the Windows Start menu Programs list McAfee Guardian is the program that all McAfee Software applications use to manage scheduled and as you work events QuickClean How old...

Page 17: ...d events in the Events window and click Schedule to open the Event Schedule dialog box The default scheduled events are Qclean exe Rebuild the Smartlinks Database Run Installation Monitor in the Backg...

Page 18: ...Installing QuickClean 18 McAfee QuickClean...

Page 19: ...folders that are used by applications and Windows Clean up shortcuts Registry entries and remove references in operating system files that are not connected to any application Empty the Recycle Bin W...

Page 20: ...e applications are managed by the McAfee Guardian Each McAfee application adds to the list of events that the Guardian can run at a scheduled time To change the QuickClean Lite schedule 1 Right click...

Page 21: ...gories you have chosen Delete files from more categories than QuickClean SpaceMaker lets you delete files that some users might need such as bitmap and multimedia files backup files that have the BAK...

Page 22: ...Freeing Disk Space 22 McAfee QuickClean...

Page 23: ...izards Any of these wizards opens and guides you through three or four quick steps to perform the action NOTE By default applications are backed up before they are deleted The compressed backup uses l...

Page 24: ...p to date by deleting all old applications and cleaning up the Registry and operating system settings associated with them A demo application that you downloaded and decided not to purchase Demo appli...

Page 25: ...one computer Some application licences now permit you to use a single copy of the application on more than one computer as long as only one computer is in use at a time Choose the Transport wizard to...

Page 26: ...d application on a new computer 1 If you created the Transport package on a removable disk insert the disk that contains the package file If you created the Transport package on a network drive make s...

Page 27: ...d other entry points available from your desktop QuickClean keeps track of applications that you have archived Their shortcuts and Start menu Programs list entries remain in place If you click a short...

Page 28: ...ot change its position in the Windows Start menu Programs list Using BackTrack Monitoring installation The QuickClean BackTrack wizard can restore your system to the state it was in before you install...

Page 29: ...the CD disc into the drive Monitoring installation of a single application If you d prefer to run BackTrack Monitor only when you are actually installing applications follow these steps 1 In the Windo...

Page 30: ...to determine what it needs to undo At this point if you re interested you can click Details to see what BackTrack will do to individual files and when you re finished reviewing this information click...

Page 31: ...ions Files and Registry settings removed by QuickClean Using Restore Restoring an archived or backed up application The Restore wizard can completely restore any application if you have archived it or...

Page 32: ...store wizard screen you can choose How to replace files in restoration folders You can choose to Only replace older files with newer files Always replace existing files Never replace existing files Th...

Page 33: ...aced you must click OK for each file in a message box To restore remaining files without confirming them you can click Yes to All at any time 5 Click Restore to begin restoring the files When the wiza...

Page 34: ...idual action These reports can be useful in tracking down old versions of files that were deleted but backed up or were archived Report Summary This page shows numeric data about the total number of f...

Page 35: ...only want to see what QuickClean has done you can review the list of actions displayed in the Reports window However if you want to keep a record of QuickClean actions for later reference you can prin...

Page 36: ...Restoring Information 36 McAfee QuickClean...

Page 37: ...ean feature The PowerClean feature provides manual file management and Registry management for experienced computer users Use the PowerClean feature to perform these file management tasks Delete archi...

Page 38: ...r computer This is a good way to learn how your computer works and what files it uses You can select a file and then choose File Links from the popup menu to see what application uses the selected fil...

Page 39: ...ications For information about the color codes see What do the color codes mean on page 41 Default file groups In PowerClean files on your computer are grouped into category lists that make it easy to...

Page 40: ...Internet browser caches for future use including GIF and JPG files The Internet Documents category includes all HTM and HTML files found on your computer If you are developing Web based information t...

Page 41: ...he names with semicolons For example to find graphics files with specific extensions you might enter bmp tif jpg or to find spreadsheet files for January and February you might enter jan xls feb xls 4...

Page 42: ...page 35 and other less often used commands are available from the menus in the menu bar The menu bar categories and the commands that they contain are listed in Table 6 2 Table 6 2 PowerClean menu com...

Page 43: ...rating system or to an installed application Table 6 3 Information in the PowerClean tab panes Click this tab To see Advice Information about the selected default group of files including suggestions...

Page 44: ...y applications and files that are not old enough to be deleted The original default is set to prevent you from deleting these files We strongly recommend that you keep this default setting Files used...

Page 45: ...t 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 Inte...

Page 46: ...Using PowerClean 46 McAfee QuickClean...

Page 47: ...e EXACT error message as on screen What steps were performed prior to receiving error message A complete description of the problem Customer service To order products or obtain product information con...

Page 48: ...courage you to make this your first stop for answers to frequently asked questions for updates to McAfee software and for access to McAfee news and virus information Take advantage of the McAfee Produ...

Page 49: ...ure dialog box 40 D database SmartLinks described 12 defaults how set 14 to 16 list of Settings dialog box pages 15 See also Settings dialog box deleted files restoring 32 disk space freeing 19 F feat...

Page 50: ...pages described 34 Restore wizard described 31 restoring archived applications 31 restoring deleted files 32 restoring deleted application 31 deleted files 32 transported applications 25 undoing a mo...

Page 51: ...Index User s Guide 51 W wizards Archive 26 listed and described 13 Move 27 QuickClean Lite 19 Remove 24 Restore 31 SpaceMaker 20 to 21 Transport 25...

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