​Windows is Messy

By BD Bondy
 
Windows is Messy.
So was Oscar. Felix was the neat one. That’s a fair analogy to Microsoft and Apple, Oscar and Felix. They each had their endearing qualities.

Microsoft has just released an app for Windows 10 & 11 that cleans itself up. This can potentially speed up your computer and free up some disk space.

I’ve been using CCleaner for this purpose, and manually doing cleanups, adjustments. It’s great that after a gazillion years Microsoft has finally decided to clean up its room. I tried out PC Manager, the new app, and it was good. It basically is doing what 3rd party programs, like CCleaner, have been doing for millennia, plus adding some other features, like a screen for your startup programs. There was also an option for cleaning up your disk, finding duplicate files, allowing you to do something about them.

I am guessing that the app will eventually be included in a Windows update, but I had to download the app. I searched for PC Manager in my search bar and clicked on the suggestion which brought me to a webpage where I selected ‘Download’. It downloaded and I installed it.
You can read more about it HERE. 

I would suggest reading about it and see if you want to install it. You can download it HERE. 

As an aside, it doesn’t do everything. While I was running it I got a pop-up for Macrium Reflect saying there is an update for it. For me, this is normal, as I do have Macrium Reflect on my computer. What I didn’t understand was why it asked me that after just starting up my computer. I went into my Startup tab and sure enough, it was NOT there. So I went into my running Processes, and it was running there, so I ended them (there were several). They started up again, so I then went to look at my services and found Macrium there, set as Automatic. I edited it to be Manual and stopped the processes.
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Long winded but I want to point out is that the new app won’t do everything. If you aren’t doing anything, then this will be a very useful app. If you use CCleaner, then this may be a better choice. In any case, there’s always plenty more to look at if you are so inclined. I am a bit more Felixy, so I do this stuff, but Oscar was great too.