AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup by AVG

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How do I clean AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup?

AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

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If you want to clean AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are fourteen locations in the file system where AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
2. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_old
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_old
3. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Boot/BCD_tureg_new.LOG*
4. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Boot/BCD_tureg_old
5. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/LocalService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
6. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/LocalService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
7. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/LocalService.NT*
8. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
9. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/LocalService.NT*
10. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
11. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/NetworkService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
12. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/NetworkService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
13. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/NetworkService.NT*
14. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG* where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
15. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Documents and Settings/NetworkService.NT*
16. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
17. Type dir %UserProfile%/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
18. Type dir %UserProfile%/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
19. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/LocalService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
20. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/LocalService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
21. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
22. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
23. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/{COMPONENTS_tureg_new.LOG*,COMPONENTS_tureg_old,DEFAULT_tureg_new.LOG*,DEFAULT_tureg_old,SAM_tureg_new.LOG*,SAM_tureg_old,SECURITY_tureg_new.LOG*,SECURITY_tureg_old,SOFTWARE_tureg_new.LOG*,SOFTWARE_tureg_old,SYSTEM_tureg_new.LOG*,
24. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_old
25. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/NetworkService/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
26. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/LocalService/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_old
27. Type dir %WinDir%/ServiceProfiles/LocalService/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/USRCLASS.DAT_tureg_new.LOG*
28. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG1
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG1
29. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG2
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG2
30. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
    • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old
31. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Users/Public/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG1
32. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Users/Public/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_new.LOG2
33. Type dir %SystemDrive%/Users/Public/NTUSER.DAT_tureg_old

Once you have identified the files stored by AVG PC TuneUp & TuneUp Utilities Reg Defrag Cleanup that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.