That is not a valid Microsoft link.

Just because it has the word "Microsoft" as part of its URL address does not make it valid.

 

Erm... I think it is a valid link.
Search google for the link by searching 'Microsoft PC Manager'.
The link is pcmanager-en.microsoft.com - you can try and scam somehow, but if you have microsoft.com in front, you can't scam? You need to have control of microsoft.com to be able to create a sub domain like this?

See here for the google search I did just now, it's the first link after an ad:

It's got the Chinese writing there as well. How odd?

 

It’s only available in Chinese at the moment. It‘s still in Beta.

 

One virus checker flags.

Virus Total shows no flags for me.

It certainly is a Microsoft.com domain and looks legitimate to me. The app is by Huawei so it stands to reason you may see some Chinese.

 

It certainly is a Microsoft.com domain and looks legitimate to me. The app is by Huawei so it stands to reason you may see some Chinese.

I'm off to tell President Trump.

@Goddess-Bastet I can download and run - I didn't let it get past the install security 'do you really want to' part.

Why why why would Microsoft be so dumb to put Chinese writing that people can't read in there?
And why does Microsoft need help from Huawei?? Even if it is in Beta stage, they should have standards.

 

I downloaded from here Antivirus, Cleanup PC, protection for your computer | Microsoft PC Manager
Installed it and I didn't get any of the warnings or the Chinese text. Win 11 Pro

 

@xrobwx71 the Chinese writing is shown on the install screen. I didn't let it install. What does the Chinese writing say?
Maybe it says you permit to give your pc as a robot slave sending out spam. LOL

Why would Microsoft be so dumb to do this. 🤷‍♂️

 

@xrobwx71 the Chinese writing is shown on the install screen. I didn't let it install.

If you don't like things made in China then you better toss your computer and every other electronic item and home appliance that you own out into the trash bin.

 

As far as I can tell the app is totally in English. There is only a title on the opening screen that's in Chinese. The application is still in Beta too. It's completely legitimate. Here is a review on Tom's Hardware.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/pc-manager-beta-microsoft

 

I've played around with PC Manager some. It brings a lot of commonly-used Windows functions like the startup apps and processes management into one place so that you don't have to go looking for them. It also has a cache and temporary files cleaner that's less cumbersome than the old Windows version. It's anti-virus is Windows Defender. Most of these functions in PC Manager are just quick links to the specific Windows functions like Windows Apps and Features, File Explorer, and Storage Sense. The interface is still a bit clunky though and it remains always on top unless minimized. Is it useful for a "power" user -- no. Might it be useful for your average computer user -- possibly.

 

Cool 😎
You are happy to have Chinese because you can google translate it
I'm sure you can't even select the text, so you have to type in the characters 1 by 1
I think I'm going mad in complaining about all of this
I apologise to Microsoft
I now recommend they add Chinese writing to all programs you install on your PC 👍🏼

 

This is not a thread in the Controversial Topics forum therefore let's stick to the original question and not get into debates or arguments here in the technical forums.

 

original question

Like I said previously, the new Windows PC Manager brings several of the tasks that most PC users need to perform from time into one easily-accessible place. It's UI is still clunky and there are a few things I'd like to see added but I can see how it would be useful for the average PC user who really doesn't want to know the intricacies of how their machine works, they just want it to work. It has a feedback link and it actually would be nice if more people tried it out as it has the potential for becoming a really nice little maintenance app.

 

At the top, you will see "Boost your PC's performance" -- this appears to just clear your temporary files folder. You can set this to run periodically.

Following this, you get "Health Check" -- This is a "lite" combination of Disk Cleanup and Startup Apps.

Now, you get "Storage Manager." This includes "Deep Cleanup," which goes a bit farther than the above two cleanups but includes the same thing they do too.

Next comes "Manage large files," which looks for, well, large files. I suppose this might be useful in case you were recording a game and forgot to stop the video recording before it got out of hand. Or, maybe you forgot about all those RAW image files you downloaded from your camera.

After this, comes "Manage apps," which purports to look for apps you haven't used in a while. All this does is to send you to Windows Apps & Features under Settings.

Finally, you get Storage sense, which just links to Windows Storage Sense in Settings.

Now comes "Process management," which gives you a quick way to end running processes.

And finally, we get to "Startup apps," which allows you to enable or disable startup apps.

Now, at the bottom you will see another icon toggle, this one for Security.

"Scan" does a Microsoft Defender Antivirus Quick Scan.

"Windows update" does what is says.

From here you can turn browser protection on and off.

And, finally, you can enable Windows popup blocker. I keep this "off" as I use Firefox and not Edge.