Willy2
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- The last thing I would want to touch is the $MFT. It's the most sensitive part of the NTFS.
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Another follow up for the post of november 21, 2020:
Now I have a better description of when the "Sort Fragments" bug shows up.
- After the "Search" feature has produced a list with files that match a certain pattern, the user is able to sort the list on 6 criteria / benchmarks (Filename, fragments, size, type, last modified OR Path). The user can choose to sort the information multiple times on different benchmarks / criteria and as many times as the user wants to. Up to this point the sorting program code ALWAYS seem (!!!) to work.
- But the "Sort Fragments" bug shows up as soon as the user has defragmented a number of files or has reduced the fragmentation of a number of files. Let's assume that out of a list of say 40 files the user has defragmented say 4 files or has reduced the fragmentation of 4 files. Then when the user wants to sort the list on "Fragments" these 4 files remain "stuck" in their place in the "Fragments" list when the user sorts the list on "Fragments".
- The solution for this bug is/could be actually surprisingly simple. Because the "Sort Fragments" subroutine(s) in the "File list" tab simply ALWAYS work(s). Just do a simple "Copy & Paste" of the program code. Or perhaps the program uses the same "Sort Fragments" subroutine(s) but with some (slightly) different entry parameters ? Perhaps then a (small ??) change of the entry parameters could do the trick to fix this bug.
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- I finally found a good and solid program that allows me to see the content of animated *.GIF files. I tried IRFAN but it's not as good as
Faststone Image Viewer (current version is v7.5).
The program also lets the user see other types of "pictures".
For more details: https://www.faststone.org/
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AntiBody Software has released 2 new versions of their programs:
WizTree v4.00
(Date of release: june 10, 2021)
WizFile v3.03
(date of release: March 3, 2021).
Source: https://antibody-software.com/
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- Translation: Temeprature of the motherboard is too high: 144 degrees Celsius.
- Perhaps you have running a number of programs that use up A LOT OF CPU (See e.g. Task Manager) ?
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- Frankly I am not surprised. A new version of Windows (11 ???) allows the developers to fix bugs that are deep in the kernel. It allows the developers to start from scratch instead of "patching up" the old kernel with all the risks.
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- I want to post a follow up on my post dated November 21, 2020.
- It seems - I repeat - SEEMS (!!!) that when the user sorts the search results on "Fragments" that then the program code acts as if the user want to sort the search results on "Last Modified". In this regard "Fragments" doesn't sort on "fragments" at all !!!
- The program code could contain a "Sort on fragments" sub-routine but then it seems this "sort on fragments" program code isn't used at all.
- The good folks at CCleaner should examine the "Sort on Fragments" program code in detail to see what's REALLY going on when the user want to sort the search result on "fragments". I can't make head or tails of it. But it simply doesn't work.
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- Have run Defraggler to move a bunch of files towards the end of the C: drive. I was astonished to see that, after having finished the job, the program kept running with a very high CPU for about 50 (!!!!) minutes. I know that it can take DF a considerable amount of time to "wind down" but ~ 50 minutes is ridiculous, outrageous.
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- I also have seen those "nag screens / windows".
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- Question: In "Winapp2.ini" I see multiple times this "....\*\.... ". Does CC translate into "one (1) (sub-)directory" or does CC translate this as "multiple (sub-)folders" ?
- Perhaps the following path can also be cleaned ( without catastrophic consequences) ?
" C:\Users\<---- user --->\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Service Worker\CacheStorage\ "
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- Agree. "Edge Beta" is indeed covered by "Edge*".
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- To be honest: I only today came across these "Code caches".
- But then there is still a discrepancy. CC reports that ~ 7.000 files are to be removed whereas I counted ~ 11.000 files in those "code caches" folders with Voidtools' "Everything". Odd, very odd.
- I think I will continue to use "Custom Files & Folders" instead of those "Code Caches".
- CC shows another discrepancy: When I select "Code caches" + "Custom Files and Folders" (for the same folders) then "Code caches" shows a different number of files (+ size) than "Custom Files and Folders".
- But cleaning out those "code caches" will free up some 410 MB on my SSD. Still a very good score.
- Perhaps that "Edge Beta" line (see above) also needs to/must be added to "Winapp2.ini" ???
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- Selecting "Code Cache" did indeed work. Now CC reports that some 7000 files will be deleted.
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- I now see where I made a mistake.
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- I made 2 pictures of this:
The 1st picture is with "Custom Files & Folders" but without both "Blobs".
The 2nd picture is without "Custom Files & Folders" but with both "Blobs".
There is another inconsistency. CC reports that in the 1st picture some 7.100 files will be deleted but in a previous post in this thread I reported that I found in all 3 chaches some 11.000 files.
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- I added those 3 lines (see a previous post, above) to "Include".
- I did the following:
A) Selected "Edge blob" (under "Edge Chromium")
B) Selected "Google blob" (under "Google Chrome".)
C) Un-selected "Custom files and folders".
- Now CC doesn't show how much disk space it would free up as a result of these 3 choices.
- But when I choose to reverse all 3 selections (A, B, C, see above) then CC will show the total amount of disk space that will be freed up (~ 400 MB). Seems CC doesn't count how much space can be freed up when those 2 blob options are selected. Odd.
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- This is what I found in Winapp2.ini:
FileKey11=%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome*\User Data\*\Code Cache|*.*|RECURSE
There are so many Asterisks (*) in this line that I wonder that it will / would work ....................
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- Thanks !!!
- I use the default Winapp2.ini file and it seems these folders are not included in Winapp2.ini.
- I did "some digging" and I found over 7.500 files in that folder (Chrome) and over 4.800 in a similar folder in MS Edge. The dates (modified) of those files went all the way back to 2019. That would assume that CC didn't clean those files or that I didn't select the right option(s) in CC.
- The path in Chrome is:
C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache\Js
But in Edge the path is:
C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\Js,
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C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge Beta\User Data\Default\Code Cache\Js
I assume the last line ("Edge Beta") originates from the days that Edge was stil "Beta". It seems that MS didn't bother to remove that left over from the past.
I am certainly going to add these lines to CC.
(@Developers, are you reading this ???)
To be continued ..........
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- See the 2 pictures attached.
-The 1st picture shows a bunch of Chrome related files that CC has found and can be removed (safely).
- The 2nd picture shows a list from Defraggler. These files are related to Chrome as well. The files - as shown by DF - are in the sub-folder called "...... \Code cache\..... ". Based on the word "code cache" I draw the conclusion that these files are temporary files as well and can be removed by CC as well. But these files (in ".... \code cache\.... " don't show up in CC. Does anyone know if can safely remove those files (in ".....\code cache\.... ") as well ? Perhaps this subfolder can be added to the standard CC cleaning of Chrome files as well ?
- The same situation happens in MS Edge because Edge is a Chrome based browser.
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Did DF take the size of the System Restore Files into account when it said "no fragments" ??
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- SPECCY uses WMI to pull up A LOT OF information.
- Run Tweaking's Windows Repair. The program will "repair" & rebuild WMI. Run in the program - at least - repair #5 (Repair WMI). That should do the trick.
Weblink: www.Tweaking.com
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- Perhaps the pipeline still used Windows XP ?
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- Of course, one should always update whenever possible. Because otherwise users can report bugs that already have been fixed in the new update.
- I always keep copies of previous versions of OEC, It allows me to go back to a previous version when something in OEC doesn't work. Before a new update is installed the new update is downloaded and stored in one of the sub-directories under "C:\users\<--user-->\appdata\local\Oeclassic\..... ". Before allowing OEC to update the program I always copy the new update to another folder.
- In general OEC now has all the basic features an emailprogram should have. For now I can't think of any MAJOR feature that should be added to the program. Perhaps other readers of this thread still have wishes for the current version of OEC ?
- The existing program code and the the existing features still need to be improved/expanded. The program code also needs A LOT OF more - what I would call - "polishing".
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- Does anyone have a problem with the "Send To ==> Mail Recipient" feature in OEC ?? It seems that in some Windows setups this feature doesn't work. If your Windows system has that one problem then please contact OEC's support.
- Currently OEC supports 24 languages. But there are still a few languages (e.g. finnish) missing. People who want to translate the program from english into that missing language are still welcome and should contact OEC's support as well.
Defraggler versus SSD
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- I would use an extra external USB drive (buy it or perhaps a friend can help out) to TEMPORARILY move as much non-system Windows files as possible to that USB drive. That would create additional free space on your HDD / SSD. There are more ways to free up more disk space (use your imagination). That would make the partitioning & resizing of the partitions much more easy.
- You can use Defraggler (DF) to move the (Windows related) files towards the beginning of a drive as much as possible. In DF you can use the option "Defrag Freespace" or "Defrag Freespace (allow frgamentation)". Although the Windows' defragmentation program also does a very decent job. Both programs simply have their own weaknesses and strengths. Or use both programs to get the best result. Sometimes you need to use the programs more than once to get the best result.
- Defragmenting a SSD: My PERSONAL opinion is that one should defragment a SSD as well. But limit it to only once say every 3 months. The reason for that opinion is the technology used to write data to a SSD.
https://pureinfotech.com/why-solid-state-drive-ssd-performance-slows-down/