Very useful utility pack for Windows optimization.
There are plenty of freeware utilities on the market which promise to clean your system and bring it up to par with something that you might see in the shoppes, but a lot of them fail miserably or only barely make your system perform better. WinUtilities Free performs several different system optimizations and does well at all of them.
At the core, WinUtilities Free uses some of the tools which are actually built-in to Windows but using their own interface; that doesn't say much, because Microsoft is actually a very successful software company and it probably does better defragmentations than anybody else, but where WinUtilities excels is it's friendly user-interface with access to several Windows optimization tools combined with their in-house utility applications.
With WinUtilities Free, you'll have access to a file shredder (to destroy evidence), a duplicate file finder (to save on disk space), a task scheduler (to perform regular system maintenance) and several other programs which brings your system up-to-par.
Overall, the folks at YL Computing have done a great job at providing a completely free solution which takes a go at certain downfalls PC users face today.
Features of WinUtilities Free
- Auto Shutdown: Automatically shuts down the computer.
- Disk Cleaner: Removes junk files and free up disk space.
- Disk Defragmenter: Defragments disk partitions.
- Duplicate File Finder: Locates and removes duplicate files.
- File Recovery: Recovers deleted files.
- File Shredder: Permanently erases sensitive files.
- File Splitter: Splits large files into smaller pieces.
- Privacy Protector: Protects system privacy.
- Process Manager: Manages running processes.
- Registry Cleaner: Deep scans and cleans up registry errors.
- Security Tools: Includes security tools for system monitoring.
- Shortcuts Fixer: Fixes broken shortcuts.
- System Information: Generates system reports.
- System Optimizer: Boosts system performance.
- Uninstall Manager: Uninstalls unnecessary programs.
Compatibility and License
WinUtilities Free is a restricted version of commercial software, often called freemium which requires you to pay a license fee to unlock additional features which are not accessible with the free version. Download and installation of this software is free, however other similar programs are available from system cleaning software which may have what you need. 13.24 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can WinUtilities Free run on?
WinUtilities Free can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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