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Defrag Cleanup tool Vopt turns freeware
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http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/29/defrag-...-freeware/    Defrag Cleanup tool Vopt turns freeware
By Martin Brinkmann on July 29, 2016 in Software - Last Update:July 29, 2016 20

Vopt, a once commercial program that allows you to defragment storage devices connected to Windows, and to run clean up operations, is now freeware.

The announcement is overshadowed by the death of the author of Vopt, Howard Barry Emerson. Emerson declared in his will that Vopt should become available for all users in the event of his death.

Vopt is offered as a free download on the developer website. There you find listed the registration file for the software program which you need to copy to the program folder on Windows to make it fully functional.

Vopt's core feature is the defragmenting of hard drives, but it is not the only feature provided by the application.
Vopt

vopt

As far as defrag functionality is concerned, you may select a target drive using the drive menu. Hit the analyze drive button afterwards to perform a quick check of the drive's fragmentation state.

Vopt displays it visually in the interface and as percent values. The program uses color codes making it easy to distinguish fragmented files from those not fragmented or free space.

defrag information

One interesting option there is to click on the screen to launch a new window that offers detailed information about the state of the drive.

Fragmented for instance lists all files that are fragmented on the drive, large the largest files on the disk and their status, and metafiles meta file information.

A right-click on a file brings up a context menu with several options.

vopt options

You may open files or the parent folder, delete them, exclude them from operations, or compress or encrypt them from within the program.

A click on the defragmenting menu in the program's main interface displays the available options for the operation to you.

You may run a quick defrag or a regular defragmentation, or open the batch option to run operations on multiple drives or partitions one after the other.

Furthermore, there is an option to schedule defrag operations, and if you want cleanup as well. An option to defrag the pagefile is provided if the main system drive is selected.

Note: it seems that Vopt makes no distinction between different types of storage. It will run defrag operations on a Solid State Drive. It is up to you to select the right hard drive or partition as the program does not warn you or prevent operations on SSDs.

A click on status reveals information about the drive after the scan. Vopt lists the total number of folders and files there, and the number of files that need to be defragmented.

On the system drive, it furthermore lists cookies, temporary files and such that it can remove when you run the cleanup module.
Cleanup

cleanup

Cleanup is rather basic when you compare it to everybody's favorite program CCleaner (read our CCleaner 5.0 review here). It concentrates on certain core areas, recycle bin, temporary files or typed run list.

You may click on the view button to display the data, or add cookies to a whitelist to prevent them from being deleted.
Vopt other features

Vopt's author added several other features to the program over the years. You find most of them under Health and Tools.

Here is a short overview:

    Check disk for errors.
    Drive failure prediction (using S.M.A.R.T.)
    Drive performance.
    Zap free space (overwrite free disk space to prevent recovery).
    Network Tools: IP configuration, Ping, Tuneup.
    System Tools: close applications, system information, system configuration.

Closing Words

Vopt is a defragmentation software for Windows with other tools attached to it. The program uses a moderate amount of resources when run, and provides you with better defrag options than the default Windows program.

It is unfortunate that it does not warn you when you run operations on a Solid State Drive. The additional tools it provides may be useful to some users, but there are usually better tools out there for the job.

Still, it is a well designed program that is compatible with all versions of Windows.
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Software Name
Vopt
Operating System
Windows
Software Category
System
Landing Page
http://www.vopt.com/index.html
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/f0ca5.../analysis/   SHA256:     f0ca54c88cbb75be51015472df493364335d0b6ca14dd2400ce8a76decb15f56
File name:     Vopt921.exe
Detection ratio:     1 / 57
Analysis date:     2016-11-04 01:22:07 UTC ( 3 days, 21 hours ago ) TheHacker     Trojan/Packed     20161103 ( False Positive by TheHacker Security Company)
Copyright
Golden Bow Systems 2009

Product Vopt
File version 9.21.0.1
Description Vopt installer
Signature verification Signed file, verified signature
Signing date 8:04 PM 8/25/2009
Signers     
[+] Golden Bow Systems
[+] USERTrust (Code Signing)
Counter signers     
[+] Comodo Time Stamping Signer
[+] USERTrust (Code Signing)
Packers identified
F-PROT MSLZ, embedded  VirusTotal metadata
First submission 2009-08-26 18:30:48 UTC ( 7 years, 2 months ago )
Last submission 2016-10-23 20:49:44 UTC ( 2 weeks, 1 day ago )
File names     74806
Vopt921.exe
voptxp.exe
vopt.exe
file
834e9e3e219b486f30c688db0c52a63c
Vopt920.exe
file-3504238_exe
Vopt921.exe
Vopt_9.21_2k,2k3,wXP,Vista,w7_x86,x64_VTok.exe
Vopt+9.21+for+Windows+7+Windows+8%2C+8.1+2000%2C+2003%2C+XP%2C+Vista.exe
11457859
filename
Vopt_9.21.0.1.exe
voptxp-2975-jetelecharge.exe
vopt921.exe
file-776802_exe
Vopt 9.21 for Windows 7 Windows 8, 8.1 2000, 2003, XP, Vista.exe
file
Vopt_v9.21.exe
Vopt 9.21.exe
Vopt921.exe
Vopt.exe
3328-voptxp.exe
voptxp-2975-jetelecharge.exe
http://www.vopt.com/nudownload.htm   Download

Click below to download the latest current version:

Vopt 9.21 for Windows 7 - 10, Vista, XP, and Servers 2003 - 2012
Registration file for above : [Keys]
1=DS3RFEP-5H45C-T92HF-MUVDS-4HXGN-J4Z7D-SULZW
[Names]
1=COMPLIMENTARY LICENSE^  COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR^     ENJOY!
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Value=1 ( these are legal license keys not Keygens or illegal keys from Keygen websites i got them from there website all 100% Legal & Keygen  Free Too since this Shareware Software has gone Freeware now enjoy this software all on promo2day)
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