PC "DeCrapifier"! LOL.. wut?!

[Baasha]

I came across this program today called PC "Decrapifier".

Is this for real? And, has anyone used it here? On Windows 7?

I would love to streamline my system and make it robust as every few weeks my OS drives seem to be losing space by a few GBs (?).

What's the verdict on this one?

Oh, and here's the link to the "decrapifier": http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/

And, I love the name! :biggrin:

 

[swerus]

I have heard of it. It probably clears the temp and cache files form programs and web browser. CCleaner is what I have used for years.

 

[Emulex]

The correct way is to not load apps that are unnecessary.

win 7 disk fresh install
install drivers
install apps you wish to use.
end.

every other method is guaranteed to not leave program/registry fragments and definitely not a microsoft support solution.

Windows has a disk cleanup feature since XP - you have to be careful the temp dir can be used for upgrades (that require reboots). cleaning them when an AV program is pending a reboot for a new driver can wreck things real good.

 

[Cogman]

I've used it, it is legit.

 

[zokudu]

I have heard that this is a good app to run after purchasing an OEM machine to remove a lot of the bloatware if you don't feel like doing a reinstall.

 

[Jawadali]

EDIT: zokudu already mentioned it.

I think it was originally meant as a tool to help remove much of the trialware/bloatware that is pre-installed on most new PCs (I think it was originally Dell Decrapifier).

 

[lxskllr]

The space getting taken up on your drive is restore points, and shadow copies. If you aren't pressed for space, I wouldn't worry about it. It could save your ass one day. It doesn't do anything one way or the other for routine performance.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

CCleaner is a widely known favorite and it originated as "Crap Cleaner". Of course with greater popularity comes greater sensibility to cater to the prudes and thus the simplification to CCleaner.

 

[tcsenter]

All it does is list whatever programs have registered uninstallers, it doesn't even use any special uninstall/removal technology or scripts. It just runs the application's own registered uninstaller, same thing that you can do from Add/Remove Programs (XP/2000) or Programs and Features (Vista/7).

 

[Gooberlx2]

All it does is list whatever programs have registered uninstallers, it doesn't even use any special uninstall/removal technology or scripts. It just runs the application's own registered uninstaller, same thing that you can do from Add/Remove Programs (XP/2000) or Programs and Features (Vista/7).

I thought it might also search for and remove garbage registry entries or something. Anyway, yeah, it's just a bloat remover for OEM computers, not a system optimizer or 'cleaner'.

I think it's fairly well regarded, but certainly not necessary if you know what things to uninstall on your own, or just format/clean install.