Clean Windows registry with CleanAfterMe

CleanAfterMe is a portable application that allows you to clean unnecessary registry entries and obsolete files from your computer which are automatically created by the system during your regular computer work.

CleanAfterMe is able to clean all obsolete registry entries that saved the last opened files, event logs, temporary folder, browser cookies, history, cache and saved passwords, recycle bin, etc.

You can run this little (36Kb) app without any installation and leaving any trace in the registry. You can also run this program from any removable media like USB flash drive. To do that just copy the executable and run it from there.

Using the application is simple. Run the program, choose what item you want to clean from (required little knowledge on some entries) the system and click ‘Clean selected item’.

OS: Windows 2000 / XP/ Vista.

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