Doing what EE does on your own might be a royal pain, but you can do it all - and save $75 in the process. An amazing number of EE's features take care of themselves anyway with normal use.
When you really look at it, you realize EE doesn't do that much after all.
| Action |
Do It Yourself? |
How |
| Empties Recycle Bin |
Yes |
Just empty it |
| Deletes Junk Files |
Yes |
Search for *.bak, *.chk, *.gid, *.old, *.tmp, *.$*, *.~*, *.---, ~*.* and delete |
| Empties Applog |
Yes |
Delete all files in WINDOWS/Applog including desktop.ini |
| Empties TEMP |
Yes |
Empty TEMP yourself |
| Empties Recent |
Yes |
Empty WINDOWS/Recent
Empty RecentDocs Reg key |
| Empties Run MRU |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties Find MRUs |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties Typed URLs |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties Autocomplete |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties TIF |
Yes |
Use Iek for full clean or delete on DOS startup |
| Empties History |
Yes |
Use Iek for full clean or delete on DOS startup |
| Empties Cookies |
Yes |
Use Iek for full clean or delete on DOS startup |
| Removes Deleted Items.dbx |
Yes |
Just delete it |
| Removes Sent Items.dbx |
Yes |
Just delete it |
| Empties Media Player MRU |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties NC3 Typed URLs |
Yes |
Empty in Registry |
| Empties NC Cache |
Yes |
Just empty it |
| Empties NC History |
Yes |
Delete netscape.dat, netscape.hst |
| Empties NC Cookies |
Yes |
Delete cookies.txt (or just make it permanently read-only) |
| Deletes prefs.js |
Yes |
Just delete it |
| Deletes liprefs.js |
Yes |
Just delete it |
| Deletes NC SNM Files |
Yes |
Search for *.snm and delete |
| Empties NC Trash |
Yes |
Just delete or empty file 'Trash' |
| Empties NC Sent |
Yes |
Just delete or empty file 'Sent' |
| Deletes Reg Backups |
Yes |
Search for rb*.cab and delete |
| Deletes Various ISV Registry Junk Settings |
Yes |
Monitor each application individually |
| Eliminates Deleted File Names In Root |
Yes |
Just defrag the disk |
| Eliminates Deleted File Names In All Folders |
Yes |
Just defrag the disk |
| Sanitizes File Slack |
Yes |
Wearisome: Calculate cluster use (Properties), expand, shred, restore |
| Sanitizes Disk Slack |
Yes |
Wearisome: Fill up all disk free space with gibberish file |