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[digital8]

I recently became curious if the Windows Disk Cleanup tool could be automated so that the task of performing cleanup operations on client computers could be done on a routine basis without requiring user intervention. I looked around a bit, but didn't find anything that had already been done or that suggested a proper method on filling my goal. I ended up using the NTRegMon tool from www.sysinternals.com to monitor the registry of a system while I ran the Disk Cleanup tool. The sample SMS Installer script is what I came up with.

Basically, the tool accepts a number of command line parameters to dictate what actions are to be intiated, modifies the appropriate registry entries, and then launches the cleanmgr executable.

Available command line parameters:
-ASTF = Active Setup Temp Folders

-COF = Compress Old Files

-CIC = Content Indexer Cleaner

-DPF = Downloaded Program Files

-ICF = Internet Cache Files

-MDF = Memory Dump Files

-MOTF = Microsoft Office Temp Files

-MERTF = Microsoft Event Reporting 2.0 Temp Files

-OSF = Office Setup Files

-OF = Offline Files

-OPF = Offline Pages Files

-OCF = Old Chkdsk Files

-RB = Recycle Bin

-RDCF = Remote Desktop Cache Files

-SLF = Setup Log Files

-SR = System Restore

-TF = Temporary Files

-TOF = Temporary Offline Files

-UBI = Uninstall Backup Image

-WWC = WebClient and WebPublisher Cache
This code referenced here is just a proof of concept project for me and I highly suggest, if you are interested in using this in your environment, that you spend some quality time to verify that everything works as expected.

This tool was tested on a Windows XP SP2 system which had Office 2003 installed. I hope you find this useful.

The code can be found here: 10309SilentCleanmgr.zip