/temp cleaner

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I see that jv16 is recommended on p/w for this. Is it still the best
option?
I had viruses, which I deleted, then I deleted the email trash, I ran
disk cleanup, then defragged, then tried a utility (trial) to clean up
everything, yet the online scanner indicated a few posts up detected the
viruses in a /temp folder. ( I nuked that folder, but of course have no
guarantee that it's contents have really properly honestly gone).
Windows is doing me no favours here, so I'm after a utility which *will*
delete all temp files which the system does not need.

Any rec's gratefuly recieved
Thanks
Podz
 
I see that jv16 is recommended on p/w for this. Is it still the best
option?
I had viruses, which I deleted, then I deleted the email trash, I ran
disk cleanup, then defragged, then tried a utility (trial) to clean up
everything, yet the online scanner indicated a few posts up detected the
viruses in a /temp folder. ( I nuked that folder, but of course have no
guarantee that it's contents have really properly honestly gone).
Windows is doing me no favours here, so I'm after a utility which *will*
delete all temp files which the system does not need.

Any rec's gratefuly recieved
Thanks
Podz
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EasyCleaner.
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Podz said:
Many thanks - downloaded it :)

P.
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For Your autoexec.bat:

rem clean browser & temp files
cd c:\
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\tempor~1\content.ie5\index.dat
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\history\history.ie5\index.dat
del c:\windows\tempor~1\content.ie5\index.dat
del c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
del c:\windows\history\history.ie5\index.dat
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\history\*.*
deltree /y c:\temp\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\recent\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\temp\*.*

Kills all index.dat files as well...
forget whose this is......works like a charm..

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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Son said:
For Your autoexec.bat:

rem clean browser & temp files
cd c:\
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\tempor~1\content.ie5\index.dat
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
attrib -r -s -h -a c:\windows\history\history.ie5\index.dat
del c:\windows\tempor~1\content.ie5\index.dat
del c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
del c:\windows\history\history.ie5\index.dat
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\history\*.*
deltree /y c:\temp\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\recent\*.*
deltree /y c:\windows\temp\*.*

Kills all index.dat files as well...
forget whose this is......works like a charm..

Cheers!

Son Of Spy
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Only catch is that you have to verify that those are actually the
locations of those files on your system. Locations can vary version to
version.

I use this program instead:

http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/index.html

(it's not shareware like the address implies). Works for me!

Another great program for doing this is Steven Burns' Index.dat Suite:

http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/idsuite.asp

I'd use it more often, but started using Empty Temp Folders first and
got used to it. Still, Steven's program does things that ETF doesn't,
like viewing the contents of index.dat files and deletion of the swap
file.
 
John Corliss said:
Only catch is that you have to verify that those are actually the
locations of those files on your system. Locations can vary version to
version.

I use this program instead:

http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/index.html

(it's not shareware like the address implies). Works for me!

Another great program for doing this is Steven Burns' Index.dat Suite:

http://www.it-mate.co.uk/support/idsuite.asp

I'd use it more often, but started using Empty Temp Folders first and
got used to it. Still, Steven's program does things that ETF doesn't,
like viewing the contents of index.dat files and deletion of the swap
file.
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But any undelete program can bring them back, unless the deletion is
secure, which I doubt.

cHris
 
cHris said:
But any undelete program can bring them back, unless the deletion is
secure, which I doubt.

cHris
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Yes, while this is true, it's not likely to happen under most
circumstances. A good defrag after doing this will usually make
deleted files much harder to restore. Perhaps this is a problem that
Steven will look at in his program. He could add multiple overwriting
to file deletion.

However, there is only so much one can do. For example, here's a
question for you:

What is the background process called "MS_WebcheckMonitor" which runs
in a hidden window in the background on almost all Windows computers?
It's supposed to "manage subscriptions and user profiles". What does
it REALLY do? Why can't you terminate the process without getting a
whole bunch of error messages?

Privacy is a thing of the past. Between the governments and Microsoft,
we don't stand a chance. Still, you should do what you can to make it
more difficult for them.
 
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