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Clean Drive
Clean Drive allows you to find files under a specified drive or directory that are older than a specified number of days.
You are then given an option to delete these files including empty directories that match the age you specify.
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Download Clean Drive v1.0.4.21 (Size 329 KB) Freeware
Features:
- Command-line parameters to facilitate scheduled purge of old files.
- Clean Drive will produce the following files which records Clean Drive's activity:
- CleanDriveActivity.log - Contains a log of what the program did and any errors/warnings encountered.
- CleanDriveFiles.csv - Contains a list of all files matching the search criteria.
Requirements:
- Windows XP, 2000 clients (may work on other versions)
- The system account that performs the search and delete must have rights to delete files and directories, as well as rights to write logs and settings to the same path where CleanDrive.exe resides.
Installation:
To install, extract the Zipped file to any directory, however, using a dedicated directory is preferred.
Usage:
You can scan and delete files via the graphical user interface:
- Run CleanDrive.exe
- Change the number of days files need to be older than to be deleted.
- Set the directory in which to search for the files.
- Click on Scan Now button to search and display matching files.
- Click on Delete Files button to delete the matching files. This will also delete matching empty directories.
You can scan and delete files via command-line parameters:
CleanDrive [[drive:][path] [days]] | [/?]
[drive:][path]
Specifies root of path to clean.
Enclose paths with spaces in quotes.
[days]
Number of days old files should be before being removed.
Range 0 to 365 days.
[/?]
Displays the command-line parameter help.
Running Clean Drive via the command prompt will scan and remove matching files and empty directories without confirmation or user interaction.
Example 1:
This will delete files older than 7 days under the path
H:\Shared Folder
CleanDrive "H:\Shared Folder" 7
Example 2:
This will delete files older than 30 days under the path H:\
CleanDrive h:\ 30
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