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Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

SamOwens — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:10:42 GMT

Sandor:
KVcleaner:
Why use a script when there are great freeware tools like CCleaner that do the same thing, probably better (and safer.)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10669303.html?tag=lst-0-1
I use it a lot, and it grabs temp files and MRU (most recently used) lists from various programs too. It also has a nice registry cleaner built in. Give it a try.

Why install a lousy program like CC cleaner, which caused me more problems than it fixed, vs a nice script that takes up all of 1kb.
Nice code, thx.

CCleaner is a real good program. If you think it no good it's cause you don't know how to use it. What problems did you cause?

Sam

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

aso3 — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:41:25 GMT

Ynot:
del /f /s /q "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"

I would leave above path alone. Some uninstall programs look for temp iS*.* files in there, and if it doesn't find it, will refuse to uninstall or will put out some errors. Symantec antivirus and Quicken 2006 are ones that victimized me. Not a problem though if you use the Administrator user to install programs and not use the code while logged in as Administrator.

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

badbert — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:23:54 GMT

ianwelch:
I would also watch out for *.bak files. Sometimes various programs will use this extension. Also from time to time, I have changed file names to*.bak but still wanted to keep the *.bak version.

So how many cracked exe files have you used? Sorry, I'm always the wise guy! If you notice it only looks for ".BAK" files in the "windows directory"... I haven't had a need to crack any windows files, have you? This script has proven to be very handy in my experiences. You see all you need is internet access, you can cut and paste this script anywhere anytime, or, "you can remember it" So when you working on a customers workstation, and the virus has blocked win install, you can open notepad "AND TYPE THE CODE!" Lets see any program do that! This does not install anything, or does not need to be uninstalled. And it can shave hours off of your scan times...

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

ianwelch — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:56:01 GMT

I would also watch out for *.bak files. Sometimes various programs will use this extension. Also from time to time, I have changed file names to*.bak but still wanted to keep the *.bak version.

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

srbarcena — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:56:23 GMT

what about the umm...disk cleanup wizard in accesories\system tools?

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

rsperos — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:01:44 GMT

Tks......Did a fine job for me.....tks for the code..

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

Bloodrop — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:41:28 GMT

this is great, thank you for sharing

i would be careful with removing *.log files, ive come across a lot of software that relies on the log file for uninstalling, once it sees the log is missing, it aborts the uninstall process

Re: A simple code for you to clean c**p files

Sandor — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:06:16 GMT

KVcleaner:
Why use a script when there are great freeware tools like CCleaner that do the same thing, probably better (and safer.)
http://www.ccleaner.com/
or http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10669303.html?tag=lst-0-1
I use it a lot, and it grabs temp files and MRU (most recently used) lists from various programs too. It also has a nice registry cleaner built in. Give it a try.

Why install a lousy program like CC cleaner, which caused me more problems than it fixed, vs a nice script that takes up all of 1kb.

Nice code, thx.

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

ohid23 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:02:03 GMT

Great tip!

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

KVcleaner — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:38:02 GMT

Why use a script when there are great freeware tools like CCleaner that do the same thing, probably better (and safer.)

http://www.ccleaner.com/

or http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10669303.html?tag=lst-0-1

I use it a lot, and it grabs temp files and MRU (most recently used) lists from various programs too. It also has a nice registry cleaner built in. Give it a try.

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

daniel88c — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:47:51 GMT

Wow cool thanks. It's still running right now and it's taking quite a while.

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

IronMan77 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:54:09 GMT

Anyone successfully use this under Vista?

- Using Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

badbert — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:14:13 GMT

Your code was a little off here is the edited version...

@echo off
echo Ready to clean system crap file, please wait...
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.tmp
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*._mp
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.log
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.gid
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.chk
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\*.old
del /f /s /q %systemdrive%\recycled\*.*
del /f /s /q %windir%\*.bak
del /f /s /q %windir%\prefetch\*.*
rd /s /q %windir%\temp & md %windir%\temp
del /f /q %userprofile%\recent\*.*
del /f /s /q "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.*"
del /f /s /q "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp\*.*"
del /f /s /q "%userprofile%\recent\*.*"
echo Cleaning Completed!
echo & pause

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

ChaosMasterX — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:35:10 GMT

Ill have to try this when I get home. Thanks for writing the code out.

Re: A simple code for you to clean crap files

wilzdezign — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:00:28 GMT

As you can see from the code, it cleans up a bunch of temporary and log files that is created when installing programs, patches, and just plain using the Internet.