Jordan Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Defrag Cleanup tool Vopt turns freeware http://www.vopt.com/index.html 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 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. 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. 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 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. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 @jordan4x thank you for the informative words but there are usually better tools out there for the job = no need to spend time for a test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actarusse Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I used this software for many many years. It was worth every penny I paid for it at the time. It was my favorite defragger back in the 90s and 00s. Compared to others it was lightweight, not heavy on resources, didn't include anything that didn't work exactly as described, but just did what it was supposed to do. I was sorry to hear that the developer passed away. A lot of these original developers of software had traits that many don't have today, such as honesty and ethics. They produced a product that did one thing well and backed up their work. RIP in old friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actarusse Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 One of the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 14 minutes ago, Togijak said: @jordan4x thank you for the informative words but there are usually better tools out there for the job = no need to spend time for a test The author of this article said so too This was posted in this section only to keep nsaners well informed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirassol Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I've installed and run it. I like it very much, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 R.I.P. Howard Barry Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 How do you apply the free key provided by the author's website? Just locate it in registry and manually enter them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actarusse Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Copy the key in your directory Golden Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirassol Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Cougar said: How do you apply the free key provided by the author's website? Just locate it in registry and manually enter them? Save the webpage and move it to the prog's folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P00r Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 0:48 PM, Cougar said: How do you apply the free key provided by the author's website? Just locate it in registry and manually enter them? You can open it in notepad and go to help about register it will read it from there, or save it as Vopt9reg.txt Thanks for the post, this is still a very usefull software, I used to own a key. It has nice analysis feature that make it better than pricey suite. RIP Author Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiM__ Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Some one else make a portable Please !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actarusse Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Spoiler http://www.jheberg.net/mirrors/vopt-92101-portable/ From another site https://www.virustotal.com/fr/file/40c7f1c9401631cd2c77fa250b1a33a2fef976f4d2b59a28e9b0b6ec5361d1f9/analysis/1473968960/ 1 / 55 AVG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiM__ Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 13 hours ago, Actarusse said: Hide contents http://www.jheberg.net/mirrors/vopt-92101-portable/ From another site https://www.virustotal.com/fr/file/40c7f1c9401631cd2c77fa250b1a33a2fef976f4d2b59a28e9b0b6ec5361d1f9/analysis/1473968960/ 1 / 55 AVG Thank you ! @Actarusse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyquestor Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I can't think of one single developer who specifically willed all of his hard work to the world at large - officially, in the written will. Maybe there have been some, but I've never heard of them. This was an old-school gentleman, who was thinking of all of the rest of us in case he died. This is, in the software world, the rarest of the rare. R.I.P, my man, and thank you for remembering us. May the Universe rest you gently in its arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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