Microsoft PC Manager is designed to optimize the overall system performance, management, and security of Windows 11. The company aims to offer a native solution to clear unnecessary processes from the background that helps in resolving high memory usage and disables and terminates unnecessary processes similar to CC Cleaner.
At this moment, the company hasn’t integrated it into Windows 11, so users need to separately download it from the Microsoft Store. Let’s see how you can download and use it on your computer.
Download PC Manager.
You can download the PC manager either from the official Microsoft website or from the Microsoft Store by clicking on Install from this link. Click on the Get or Install button.
After installing PC Manager, click on Start, which will prompt you to seek permission.
How to use Microsoft PC Manager
When you launch PC Manager, you notice that it can’t be maximized. It aims to quickly launch to optimize without disturbing your current session. It does include functionality, including recommendations and tools to optimize your PC to run smoothly.
Below, we have shared the options that you can use.
Home
In this section, you have the option to boost your PC’s resources alongside other shortcuts for the health check, process, deep cleaning, and startup.
- PC Boost will show you the status of your memory and temporary file usage. Clicking on Boost will free up unused resources to further enhance performance without needing to restart or close any application.
In this, there are also options for checking PC health, such as Health Check to remove temporary files, Processor that shows a real-time process to help with disabling the startup, Deep Clean for checking the C Drive, and Startp to let you choose to disable the startup.
It also allows users to restore the taskbar to its default configuration, which lets you disable the app at startup.
Protection
This gives quick access to some functionality of Microsoft Defender, like scanning your PC to protect against viruses and threats, Windows Update, taskbar repair, restoring default apps, and also pop-up management to block pop-ups in applications.
Storage
With this option, you can scan your drivers to clear space with a single click. But you can also check for the Manage Large Files option to open it in File Explorer.
Apps
There is a mini-taskbar that has process management that lets you view and terminate a real-time process. Another is the startup apps, which let you disable startup apps. Others are the Manage app and Microsoft Store settings options.
Toolbox
In this section, there are shortcuts to Windows’s features like the Snipping Tool, Sound Recorder, Captions, Notepad, Calculator, and Edge Search. You can toggle to enable or disable according to your preference.
Settings
Lastly, there’s the PC manager’s settings page, which lets you toggle Smart Boost, the option to tweak the shortcut settings, and Startup PC Manager, as well as the option to check for the latest update.
class="wp-block-heading">Conclusion
PC Manager, which doesn’t bring anything new that Windows doesn’t have, just gives users quick access to these features. If you already practice the best ways to optimize Windows, then you won’t see any major benefits with PC Manager, but it’s good for beginners to boost performance on a computer with old and limited hardware.
