Windows Cleanup!

[Sexy Meatball]

I've used many "History cleaners" and "PC Cleaning Utilities", and I have to say this is by far my favorite!! It's extremely simple to use, and does a very thorough job deleting all garbage off your PC. It also removes index.dat history, and all Internet Explorer/Netscape tracks for security purposes. My friends love this little gem!!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and (FREE)!!

(WINDOWS CLEANUP!)
http://home.comcast.net/~sgould4567/cleanup/

[TonyT]

You can delete all those folders without worrying. Windows (explorer.exe) recreates them when needed if they don't exist.

Here's a batch file to save so you can use one click to cleanup all of them, and your recent docs list as well.


echo off
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
RD /S /q "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
RD /S /q "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Cookies"
RD /S /q "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History"
RD /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\Recent"
RD /s /q "%Temp%"
start explorer.exe
pause

Copy/paste into notepad, then save, then rename to clearcache.cmd
Click your new file to clear (history, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies, and most recent documents cached list.

[Norm]

Tony, I couldn't have said it better myself :thumb:

[ctodd]

Will this batch file work with FireFox?

[Norm]

Will this batch file work with FireFox?No, Firefox keeps it's cache somewher else.
I don't use firefox and can't give you the path to it's cache, but I would guess there is an option somewhere in the program to clear the cache.

[cyberskye]

Documents and Settings\<yourUserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profileName>\history.dat

There are other files there as well if you want to blow away more than history.

[ctodd]

Thanks