For a more advanced configuration (even with the Quick Cleaner), you launch MemMaid. As you can see from the screenshots above, MemMaid not only covers the basics, but also covers the more exotic such as dead registry and shortcut files. I was surprised to find as many files as I did on my newly acquired X50v. Strangely, the Advanced view doesn't show a "Total Found" as found in the Quick view.

The settings for the Cleaner allows you to configure two User Folders, and even do Secure File deletes.

Once the cleaning progress is completed, you are informed how many total bytes were removed.

   

    The Notification Queue view is really important for 2002/2003 based devices (the iPaq 2200 series was notorious for this issue). When you would perform a soft reset, sometimes those notification items would duplicate and cause problems. So this view is first designed to find and remove those duplicates. As many times as I would reset the X50v, I could never get a duplicate entry.

  

And while you can add notifications to the queue, I couldn't figure out any good reason to do so (but the option is there).

 The Startups view is split into three separate categories, and from each you can change the order, delete, and add individual items. These categories are:

Start Up Programs

Start Up Services

And Today Plug-ins.

   

The next tab view is Tweaks, containing the DLL Optimizer and Memory Tweaks subcategories.

    Here is yet another very useful feature of MemMaid. Using the Memory Tweaks, you can relocate your IE and AvantGo Cache folders to other locations. In my case, I've chosen to move those folders to the Built-in Storage on my X50v. I don't recommend pointing this to removeable locations unless you _always_ leave those cards in place. This isn't an issue with MemMaid, but with the OS itself. If you do remove the card and then put another card in its place, you may find additional folders on the second card, or a third...trust me, I've seen it first hand. One can adjust the Font Cache Size from this view, but it does require more memory (and the gain is a possibly faster display).

You can also use the slider to adjust memory usage, but this is really no different than the OS allocation found in the Settings.

   

Once you've enabled the DLL Optimizer (the second half of the Tweaks view), you can begin moving and testing .DLLs.

   

    The green items are supposed to be relatively safe to move, and you can try additional .DLLs. If there is a problem you can easily move the files back or just Disable the DLL Optimizer. Once again, I must mention that I wouldn't try this on removable storage unless the card stays in place. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work with the X50v's Built-in Storage. So I stopped using this feature.

Like the Tweaks view, the Storage Memory view is split up into separate categories: Storage Usage, File Finder, and Databases.

   

Storage Usage shows you, well, just that. You can Explore or Chart this data, but the chart feature didn't work quite right on my X50v.

   

The file finder is somewhat useful, but there isn't any way to stop the search once it starts (such as my search for *.dll).

  

Lastly, you can look at the Databases and their Info. In any of these subcategories, you can delete individual files.

You can set a Custom Explorer in the Memory Usage settings.

  

    The last tab is Running Processes. And, after a delay, you can see the running processes on your PDA. Sadly, this isn't a realtime list, if something changes, the only way to see that change is to hit the Refresh button. But at least you have access to the information (something that Microsoft doesn't natively provide).

You can Kill and Close applications from the Running Processes view, but be careful what you attempt this on (as it can lock up your PDA).

   

Within each view, there is an in-depth help file. Offering an explanation on not only how to use MemMaid, but why.

MemMaid does work just fine in Landscape mode.

HELP SUPPORT

    As I mentioned before, DinarSoft has been outstanding with their email support. Hopefully, they can remedy their lack of a website or a forum in the future.

• Fix the chart view (specifically on the X50v)
• Make the Running Process view run in realtime
• Fix the Built-in Storage issue with the DLL Optimizer
• Show a Total Found in the Advanced Cleaner view

BUGS AND WISHES

    I found no fatal errors, and my wish list is short:

PURCHASING

    You can buy this software directly from Handango. The price shown is $11.99 (limited time offer).

PROS

• Price!

• Fast and easy cleaning

• Ability to move cache locations

• Multiple tools in one package

CONS

• DLL Optimizer doesn't work with Built-in Storage

• Some graphical problems (Chart and File Find for example)

• Running Processes aren't shown in realtime

OVERALL IMPRESSION

    MemMaid has really grown on me. While not the only tool I use, it certainly has found a place in my must-have list. For such a paltry sum, one can look over the minor issues (as they will probably be taken care of very quickly if DinarSoft's support is taken into account). Can you live without MemMaid? Yes, but you will be missing out on some great features of your PDA, and you might as well get your moneys worth.

 

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