How to Clean Up Junk File in Computer

Any computer will be slower because of the continuous expansion of junk files. Actually, these junk files can not be avoided, but we can often clean up them in a regular basis so as to speed up our computers and guarantee them to work well and normally.

Some junk files are produced during the process of software installation. When the software is being installed, it should first extract itself to a temporary directory, usually the Temp directory in Windows. If there are some flaws in design or system, these temporary files will not “temporary” any more but become the junk in our disc. Sometimes, as we know most of software in Windows is related to DLL, which leads to some junk files and waste after uninstalling the software. Even when we browser internet, some web pages will be downloaded in our computers. They not only take up our valuable disk space, but also produce some waste like history records and temporary files.

Here are some ways to clean up these junk files. The ones which are produced in the course of Windows installation and use, for example, *.tmp, *._mp, *.bak, *.old, *.syd, *gid, can be cleaned up through the function of “search” in our computer. In addition, there are many junk files in C: \Temp and C: \WINDOWS\Temp. We can clean up them with ease. For some files which we seldom use, we can click “Control Panel” and enter “Add/Remove Programs” and then we delete the program components which we do not need any more.

If we think the above ways are too complex, we can turn to some Cleanup software. For example, the Smart Defrag 2 is a very small but useful tool to clean up our computers. And we can operate it without installation after it is downloaded. Actually, its interface is very simple and it runs very faster. It has a lot of advantages. For example, it can find and list all the files with the same extension with junk files from our disc through scanning. It is very convenient for us to look through and then decide whether we should delete them or not. Besides, it can back up the junk files in C:\backde a and restore them to the original directory. In a word, it is suitable for us.

The computer plays a vital role in our daily life. Therefore, we should learn how to maintain it can keep it operate well and smoothly. Computer clean up is one of the ways to boost our computer speed.