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Yep. IMHO, Disk Cleanup is worthless.
I use Disk Cleaner.
I have Disk Cleaner set to run quiet at startup. Runs for 10 seconds or so
and exits. I also like the fact that, after you set it up, it cleans all
the following with one click (and/or automatically at boot). Makes XP's
Disk Cleanup look like a piker. XP's Disk Cleanup will *not* clean
Content.IE5.
Disk Cleaner will Clean:
Temporary Internet Files {Including the contents of the Content.IE5 folder}
Internet Cookies
Internet History
System Temporary Folder
Recent Documents
Run... Dialog List
Find Document List
Find Computer List
URLs in IE Address Bar
URLs in Shell Address Bar
Media Player Recent URLs
WinZip Recent Files
WinZip Extract To Folders
Paint Recent Files
WordPad Recent Files
Cleans Recycle Bin (what else?)
Opera Cache
Opera Cookies
Opera History
Opera Visited links
Opera Download History and Download folder
Firefox Cache
Firefox Cookies
Firefox History
Disk Cleaner
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/
Oh, yea, Disk Cleaner is either free or $5, you decide.
🙂
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
In news:575FF89E-9BD1-4CF1-80AE-40E503653558@microsoft.com,
Prat <Prat@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> HI wesley,
>
> Thanks for the reply. The logic beats me absolutely. Thats exactly
> what i wanted to know but. Why some files are deleted and some not
> deleted. In fact if in cleanmgr.exe you say view files, it shows the
> folders with the files typically gifs etc. But in these folders, it
> deletes ONLY SOME files and not all. I am trying to automate
> cleanmgr.exe to perform at regular intervals of time therefore in
> studying it i came across this problem. Any more light on this?
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) *will* clean:
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
>> Internet Files
>>
>> Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) will *not* clean:
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temporary
>> Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>
>> Logic? You got me.
>>
>> To delete *all* Temporary Internet Files...
>>
>> 1) Start | Run | Type: inetcpl.cpl | OK
>> Or right click the Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop.
>> Or: Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options.
>> Best to do this with all instances of Internet Explorer closed.
>> Especially if there are a large number of files.
>> 2) On the General Tab, in the middle of the screen, click on Delete
>> Files 3) Check the box Â? Delete all offline content {This cleans
>> >> C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary
>> Internet Files AND C:\Documents and Settings\YourNameHere\Local
>> Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 and \Content.MSO
>> (Created by an MS Office program) 4) Click on OK and wait for the
>> hourglass icon to stop after it deletes the temporary internet files
>> 5) You can now click on Delete Cookies and click OK to delete
>> cookies that websites have placed on your hard drive.
>> -----
>>
>> If you want, try this: Open IE | Tools | Internet Options |
>> Advanced tab | scroll down to the bottom | check: Empty Temporary
>> Internet Files folder when browser is closed | click Apply | OK.
>> Entirely up to you, but if you want to be rid of this, it is done
>> automatically. Deletes the content of C:\Documents and
>> Settings\YourNameHere\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files but
>> not the Content.IE5 or Content.MSO folders.
>>
>> Also: Start IE | Tools | Internet Options | General tab | Days to
>> keep pages in history: 0 | Apply | OK.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:BC03A3E6-97B7-428A-9596-D7ECDD9A2D75@microsoft.com,
>> Prat <Prat@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Temporary internet files deletes only some files in the folder. What
>>> is the logic for this? What files are deleted and what files are
>>> not?
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