5 things that Windows can automatically clean on reboot
Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
If your computer uses a few more people, you fear that your data could fall into the wrong hands, or you really do not have enough space on your hard disk, you can cause the system to delete the unnecessary data in reboot.
recent documents
Windows remembers which files you are editing, and displays them to you quickly access them. Opened files are displayed in the menu "Recent Documents" and in the drop-down lists that appear when you click on the program icon in the taskbar. This is convenient, but if you do not want to store the credentials, you can do the following.
Open the "Registry Editor." To do this, press the Windows + R, enter
regedit
and click OK.
Locate the side panel following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion
Look, is there a section of the Policies, containing a section Explorer. If not, they need to create. Click on CurrentVersion list, right-click and select "New» → «Forum». Name Policies created partition and press Enter. Then, in the same way, create a section in it Explorer.
In Explorer, create a new DWORD (32--bit). Name this option ClearRecentDocsOnExit and set its value to 1. If you need to disable clearing the list of recent documents, change the value to 0.
The paging file
When Windows does not have enough RAM, it transfers files to a temporary swap file. When you restart your memory is cleared, the page file - not. But it can be fixed if you do not want it to be ranked.
Open the "Registry Editor" and find in it the following branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Session Manager \ Memory Management
Here you can find the option ClearPageFileAtShutdown. If it does not exist, create a DWORD (32-bit) and give it a name ClearPageFileAtShutdown. Then, change its value by 1. To disable paging file clean up, change the value back to 0.
The data browser
History, cookies, and other data are stored in the browser, of course, if you do not use privacy settings. You can adjust the cleaning of the data when you restart the browser to increase privacy.
Firefox
Open Firefox settings in the main menu. Choose the privacy settings on the left. In the dropdown list select «Firefox will use custom settings for history". Select "Delete history when you close Firefox», then select the parameters that you want to delete it. Or use the option "Always work in a private browsing mode."
Chrome
To clear your cookies when you exit, log in to your Chrome settings, the settings page scrolled down to the "Advanced", and then click the Content settings. Activate the "Remove local data browser".
In this way you get rid of cookies, but history and other settings will be saved. To automatically remove and use the extension of Click & Clean. Install it and in the settings, select "Delete private data when you exit Chrome».
Edge
Go to the Edge setup under the item "Clear browser data" select "Always remove it when the browser is closed." It should be noted that it is you want to delete.
Notifications "live tiles"
"Live tiles" - a multi-colored tiles in the "Start" menu, displaying a variety of information: your e-mail, weather, news, and more. You can force Windows to clear the cache containing the data "live tiles".
Restart the "Registry Editor." Find it in the way:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows
Create it in a section called Explorer, if it is not there. Add the parameter DWORD (32bit) and name it ClearTilesOnExit. Assign the parameter figure 1. If you want to return everything as it was, enter 0.
Temporary files
During operation in the TEMP folder accumulate various temporary files. If you do not want them to be ranked, they can be removed.
To open a folder, press the Windows + R, enter
% Temp%
and click OK.
If you want the system to compact the folders on reboot, you can automate it as follows.
Create a text file in the "Notepad" and add the following to him:
rd% temp% / s / q
md% temp%
Select "Save as ..." and enter the path to save the file:
% Appdata% \ microsoft \ windows \ start menu \ programs \ startup \ temp.bat
If you no longer need to clean the temporary files, remove the file from the Startup folder.