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Ace Utilities

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Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Nov 2, 2014

Ace Utilities is an all-in-one application for maintaining computer health. It allows you to perform all the necessary tasks to ensure your machine is operating in tiptop shape.

Pros

Clarity: Ace Utilities lays everything out clearly and cleanly, so you shouldn't have a problem working with the program.

All-in-one solution: You can free up disk space by deleting junk files, manage startup programs, clear your history, and more -- all from one program. This convenience helps streamline the process of maintaining your machine.

Quick operations: All of the actions that we executed from Ace Utilities were performed quickly and effectively.

Cons

Exit option in interface: On the left-hand side of the screen, there is an "Exit" button underneath all of the other menu items. With the addition of the red "X" in the top right-hand corner, this provides a redundant feature that is too easy to click on accidentally when trying to navigate the menu.

Bottom Line

Ace Utilities is an effective utility program. If you don't already have a similar program, Ace Utilities is a very serviceable option.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of Ace Utilities 5.6.1.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 6.2

Changes:
  • Improved cleaning of Microsoft Edge (Cache, Passwords)
  • Improved cleaning of Chrome, Opera (Cookies, Cache)
  • Improved cleaning of Firefox (Cookies)
  • Removed the animation of Junk Cleaner tool
  • Fixed a bug in Registry Cleaner tool related to ignore-lists.
  • Added an option in Disk Analysis to speedup loading of Top 100 files (view > options).
  • Moved some items that were displayed in the wrong group to the correct group in Clean System Registry
  • Fixed a toolbar display issue with checkboxes and radio buttons on HiDPI
  • Improved font layout in all tools and dialog boxes on HiDPI
  • Improved font layout when font size is increased by Windows 10 > Advanced Display Settings > Change only text size
  • Works better with windows HighContrast themes. Switches to system theme if Windows is in Highcontrast mode
  • Avoids unnecessary reboots while cleaning history
  • Improved Windows logs cleaning
  • Added 13 new plugins (like Office 2016, Java, Real Times, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, etc)
  • Updated 11 plugins
  • Added an option to change the system restore point creation method
  • Added an option to change the color theme of child windows
  • Removed a dll used for rendering themes to make the program a bit more lightweight.
  • Updated ignore lists
  • Minor GUI improvements.
  • General

    Release July 26, 2016
    Date Added July 26, 2016
    Version 6.2

    Operating Systems

    Operating Systems Windows 10, Windows 2003, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP
    Additional Requirements None

    Popularity

    Total Downloads 1,315,379
    Downloads Last Week 1
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    Developer's Description

    Ace Utilities is a set of system-maintenance and optimization utilities for enhancing Windows performance. Tools include Unneeded File Remover, for regaining valuable disk space, Registry Cleaner, for preventing application crashes, Startup Organizer, for preventing spy applications from running behind your back, History Eraser, for ensuring your privacy, Duplicate File Finder, for finding and removing duplicate files, Dead Shortcut Fixer, for fixing and removing shortcut and Start menu errors, Uninstaller Plus, for uninstalling applications correctly, Disk Analysis, for analyzing your hard disk, Secure Delete, for deleting files permanently, and Cookie and Plug-in managers, for erasing the history of more than 300 applications. Your computer will boot faster and run applications more smoothly. The program will help you delete your Internet cache, cookies, temp files, visited page history, and all other recent document info.
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