Most of your Windows applications temporarily create several files on your hard drive when they are running. These files are supposed to be removed and the space recovered after these programs are closed. 

Often, however, they don’t because of a program error, sloppy architecture, your system is reset or not shut down properly, or  another application locks up or crashes.  It is important to know that any file that is left behind in this manner will remain on your system unless you manually search for it and remove it.   Over time, these junk and obsolete files can accumulate to megabytes of wasted hard drive space, as well as turn into potential error-producing cross-linked drive references.

Ensembles for Windows  targets these specific types of files which are missed by common disk utilities, "uninstaller", "Defrag", "Scandisk", and other standard "cleaner" type programs.
 
As well as wasting space on your system, obsolete and junk files can produce very hazardous results if not properly cleaned from your drive on a periodic basis.

The symptoms that these garbage files can produce include:

• Cross-linked drive references

• Lost network and Internet connections.

• Sudden application lock ups.

• Lost data

• General Protection Faults (GPF’s) or Fatal Errors in your applications.

• Virus like behavior

• Mysterious Reboots

• Out of Memory Errors

Built-in default list of junk files.

Comes with a list of over a dozen common "junk" files that we've determined are the most common and hazardous to have on your system.  Built-in searchable files include:

• Standard Windows temporary files
• Temporary backup files
• Temporary help file search data
• Temporary cached newsgroup data
  and many more...

Total customizability.
You can add to, remove from, and modify descriptions of the list of files and file types.   

 

This gives you the power to tailor this tool to fit your needs perfectly.   Have an untidy application that constantly leaves behind temporary data or crashes frequently leaving orphaned files on your system?  Add a new item to the file search - its easy!

Finds the junk that other programs miss.
This tool has the ability to scour your system with a virtual "fine-toothed comb" looking for files that shouldn't be there.  There are numerous options that enable you to adjust the "stringency" of the search as well.  Remember - disk defragmenters, scandisk-type programs, and "uninstallers" miss the files that this tool finds!  As well as a list of file-types to look for on your system, this tool can utilize the following options to rid your system of even more space-wasting debris:

• Find unused files in the Windows "Temp" folder  -- a haven for orphaned and junk files!
• Find "zero-length" files -- Zero length files plague many systems: although they contain no data, they occupy space in your directory structures and are a leading cause of crossed allocation areas on your hard drive.

Complete Safety

Many new users are suspicious of tools like Ensembles for Windows Junk file remover because they don't want to do any damage to their system.  We've taken this into consideration and offer the following options to ensure that you don't cause any harm to your system - regardless of your experience level!

• Skip "Read-Only" files -- This options allows you to skip-over files on your system that have been tagged as "read-only".  Read-only files are not meant to be removed or written to.
• Skip files that are currently in-use by their associated application -- This option will let you skip any file that is being "used" during the scan.  This is a great safety feature, as removing a file that is used by another program almost always leads to a crash!

Total Removal Control
Once you've found files on your system that you'd like to get rid of we provide you with several flexible options:

• "QuickView" the file:   Windows comes with a handy utility called QuickView that allows you to view the contents of virtually any file on your system.  If you have any doubts about whether a file should be removed view it using this option in order to make a proper final decision.
• Access file properties:  In order to look "under the hood" of any file found, this tool provides you with the ability to access a file's standard Windows property information.
• Move files to the recycle bin:   When you move files to the Windows recycle bin you can easily restore them back to wherever they came from.  This is a great way to remove files if you want to be extra cautious.
• Move files to a specific location:   If you don't necessarily want to permanently delete the files that are found you can simply move them to a separate folder (maybe a backup disk or other removable media).   This gives you the ability to retain any files that are removed should you feel you may need them in the future.
• Permanently delete files:  Of course, you can choose to permanently delete files that are found freeing the space that they occupy immediately!
• Zip and delete files: If you want to be extremely cautious this is a great way to remove files . It automatically creates a Zipped file so that you can save before deleting the files. 

Schedule these actions to take place automatically!
Using Ensembles for Windows you can schedule all of these actions to take place on your system on any schedule you determine (e.g. Once a week, every Monday at 5:00, etc).  You can even have these actions happen instantly whenever you startup your system!