Scanning entire drive for specified files

[K3]

I'm looking for a program that will search the entire hard drive for
specified files to delete. There are many out there, but I can't find one
that searches for multiple file types (OLD, BAK, CHK, TMP, etc.) at the same
time. It seems that to good freeware programs (BeClean, Crap Cleaner, IE
Privacy Keeper, etc.) search for these files one type at a time. This is
time consuming (scanning the drive several times). The ideal program would
scan each folder on each hard drive *once* for all the file types specified
..

Is there such a program?

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Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
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http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

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[Adam Piggott]

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I'm looking for a program that will search the entire hard drive for
specified files to delete. There are many out there, but I can't find one
that searches for multiple file types (OLD, BAK, CHK, TMP, etc.) at the same
time. It seems that to good freeware programs (BeClean, Crap Cleaner, IE
Privacy Keeper, etc.) search for these files one type at a time. This is
time consuming (scanning the drive several times). The ideal program would
scan each folder on each hard drive *once* for all the file types specified
.

Is there such a program?

If you're on an NT-based computer, you could try:

for /R %I in (*.tmp *.old *.chk) do del "%~fI"

....from the drive root. This won't check that the files aren't important or
the computer needs them - it will delete in a purely unprejudiced manner so
be warned. Make sure you don't mis-type and put (* .tmp) or similar or
you'll be sorry


Cheers
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[Donald Lessau]

I'm looking for a program that will search the entire hard drive for
specified files to delete. There are many out there, but I can't find one
that searches for multiple file types (OLD, BAK, CHK, TMP, etc.) at the same
time.

Easy excercise for TrackerV3 (http://www.trackerv3.com/). Just open the Find
Files tab, check "Boolean Logic" and enter a search term like this:

*.OLD or *.BAK or *.CHK or *.TMP [... etc.]

You can then save the search settings to a template for later re-use.

More examples for search terms here:
http://www.trackerv3.com/ted/findfiles.htm

Don

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, Adam Piggott,
([email protected]) said...

If you're on an NT-based computer, you could try:

for /R %I in (*.tmp *.old *.chk) do del "%~fI"

...from the drive root. This won't check that the files aren't important or
the computer needs them - it will delete in a purely unprejudiced manner so
be warned.

I nearly forgot - there is a script on

http://www.helmrohr.de/Download/Downind.htm

that takes this problem into account. The page is in German, you
*might* be looking for DelTempFiles. It is only working in the Windows
Temp, but might be modifiable according to your needs (I don't need it,
so I didn't have a look at it ever)


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Urban Ek]

Is there such a program?

Windows find does it, at least in versions pre-XP.
Just enter *.OLD; the *.BAK; *.CHK; *.TMP in files to search box and
send it to work.

 

[K3]

Windows find does it, at least in versions pre-XP.
Just enter *.OLD; the *.BAK; *.CHK; *.TMP in files to search box and
send it to work.

That'll work! I didn't know Windows Find was able to perform multiple
searches at the same time.

Thanks!

--
Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!"

 

[jmatt]

I use this.

Binman
http://steveseymour.0catch.com/
http://anothermirror.tripod.com/free.htm
Seeks out the rubbish left behind by other programs. Use regularly it
will save space. It can auto run at times set by you. Cleans
automatically at boot up.

 

[Michael Salem]

Windows find does it, at least in versions pre-XP.

Just enter *.OLD; *.BAK; *.CHK; *.TMP; *.~*; ~*.*; "Copy of*.*" in files
to search box and start search. (I'm not certain of the quoted "copy
of*.*" syntax.)

Windows has been able to do this since Win95 at least. You can also
search on multiple directories "C:\;D:\;E:\;F:\BACKUP\"

HTH,

 

[SinisA]

I'm looking for a program that will search the entire hard drive for
specified files to delete. There are many out there, but I can't find one
that searches for multiple file types (OLD, BAK, CHK, TMP, etc.) at the same
time. It seems that to good freeware programs (BeClean, Crap Cleaner, IE
Privacy Keeper, etc.) search for these files one type at a time. This is
time consuming (scanning the drive several times). The ideal program would
scan each folder on each hard drive *once* for all the file types specified
.

Is there such a program?

Yes it is.
Search for EasyCleaner.