If you want to remove or "Clean" something, it helps to know what it is and WHERE it is.
When you find the correct name and where it's hiding, then removing it becomes as simple as just going to that folder and deleting everything in it. I have the DOS command Deltree.exe installed in my Windows\system32 folder, so this line in a batch file cleans out all the temp files created (daily) by AVG:
deltree /y "C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\avg9\Temp\*.*" you can also do lines like that with the delete command:
Echo y | del "C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\avg9\Temp\*.*" Deltree will also delete sub-directories in the target folder and DEL won't.
In both cases, you have to send a "Yes" to the command so it will run without user intervention.
This line will clean out the Cache folder (temporary internet files) in Firefox. The actual name of the folder will vary from PC to PC so you have to check your own PC to see what the name of that folder is.
Echo Y |del "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\5qlt1jm4.default\Cache\*.*" (this dumb system put a space in the word \Cache\... there is NONE.)
I recently printed out my own XPCleanup.bat file and it took two pages in 14 point type.
There is a lot more junk stored in your PC than you can imagine, if you've never gone looking for it. Once you do, you'll be horrified by the amount of junk files kept by windows and user programs. There is NO one program that gets it all.
The only one I've seen that comes close it "Easy Cleaner" from Toni Arts.
The "Remove Unnecessary Files" app looks in every folder in the drive you select, for junk.
You can pick and choose if you like from the total list, or just click "Delete ALL" which is what I always do.
I run Easy Cleaner in conjunction with the Extended Disk Cleanup and my own cleanup batch file to get my PC as clean as possible before I do my weekly Ghost Backup. There's no use backing up junk! Eh?
Once you have created your own Cleanup.bat file, you can run it any of three ways.
1. Just run it manually from a desktop shortcut.
2. Put a shortcut to it in your Startup folder so it runs on every boot. (my favorite)
3. Put a shortcut to it in your Task Scheduler, so it runs on a timed schedule.
Well, that's just one take on the subject, from the.....
Old Timer
