Tips to schedule disk cleanup in Windows 7

Regular disk cleanup is a must for your Windows system to run smoothly and nicely. So here our topic of discussion is the same i.e. how to schedule a basic Disk Cleanup task to ease up or automate the process of disk cleaning.

You must be delighted to know that Windows includes some handy tools to help keep your machine operating smoothly. Disk Cleanup is one such tool that removes temporary and old, freeing up enough hard drive space for further allocation.

It’s suggested that set it up to run weekly or monthly depending on what works best for you. To schedule Disk Cleanup to run on a regular basis, first of all we need to schedule a task. For this follow the given below steps:

* Click on the Start Menu and enter task scheduler into the search box and hit Enter.

* The Task Scheduler opens and you’ll want to click on Action then select Create Basic Task.

* The ‘Create Basic Task’ Wizard comes up and from here type in a name for the task and a description then click Next.

* Now select how often you want Disk Cleanup to run…Weekly, Daily, Monthly, One Time…etc. It’s completely up to you and you might want to try out some different schedules. Let’s go with weekly option in this article.

* Since we set it up to run weekly we need to schedule it when to start, how often it should reoccur, and which day of the week to run it.

* Next under Action select Start a program…

* In the Program/script field type in cleanmgr.exe , or you can hit browse and select Disk Cleanup which is in C:\Windows|system32\cleanmgr.exe

* Under Program/script you’ll see the path to Disk Cleanup as C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe

* Then you’re shown a summary of the scheduled task and if everything looks correct click on Finish.

* For this basic setting we scheduled it for a time when we know the computer will be in use. When it’s time for the Scheduled Task to occur it will pop up and you can run it by selecting the drive to clean up.

Helpful software for Windows 7

Software for Windows 7? Is that what you’re looking for? Well, it seems we can help you here.

Here are some software that can help you a lot, if you are a busy person. These programs can help you in your work: to save your precious time and even to do set tasks more effectively!

Handy Password manager
It is a great choice for active Internet users, who have lots of favourite websites and pages. Handy Password is a multifunctional bookmark and password manager for Windows 7. Now, if you have a lot of personal information (your logins, passwords) you don’t have to memorize it all. You can just letHandy Password do it for you. It will remember your info, and fill it automatically when needed. It also stores your data safe and generates strong unbreakable passwords. Also password manager can remember all your bookmarks with form fields to make your work in Internet quicker and more pleasant.

Dr. Web Antivirus
You just can’t be an Internet user without antivirus software. And Dr. Web is a reliable and good friend. It protects your computer from malicious software that can cause loss of important data or computer breakdown. You can run full inspection of your computer – Dr. Web will find the sleeping awake enemies and do them away with. It updates virus databases several times a day, and is able to do it as often as you want. Dr. Web will give you a strong and reliable protection without high system requirements and with great system operating speed.

E-mail Follow-Up
E-mail Follow Up sees the letters that were not answered. Moreover, it can send a template letter that informs about it. After you install the program, you’ll be able to set properties of getting an answer (when it should be received and which characteristics should the letter have to be recognized as an answer). Also it can remind you to answer important letters. With E-mail Follow-Up you’ll be able to manage your correspondence in a perfect way!

Weather Watcher Live
If you want to get most precise weather forecasts you need this program. It is a strong weather informer that can gather and generalize forecasts from a lot of meteorological stations that are situated around your city. Above seventy seven thousand settlements are in its database. The data are updated hourly, practically in real-time mode. The program is showing temperature, cloudiness level, wind strength and speed, atmosphere pressure. What’s more – it informs you about forecoming weather degradation. You can get a short- or a long-range (up to ten days) forecast.

Leader Task
A present-day man needs a powerful instrument to organize his time. Leader task can be such an instrument. It can become you devoted friend and your indispensable assistant. It will organize your day, week, month tasks so that you have more spare time and see sequence of your actions absolutely clear. It will take all the routine for itself and leave you precious time for creativity. Besides, Leader Task is a handy Project Manager. With its help you can rule out any mess in your personal activities as well as business. Leader Task will automatically set you to-do list for a day according to your goals, plans and priorities. You need it for effective managing of your time.