Downloads:
1,149,443
Downloads of v 0.0.7.1:
11,025
Last Update:
16 Jan 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
Tags:
bcurran3 unofficial choco cleaner cleanup schtasks scheduled task(unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task)
This is not the latest version of (unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task) available.
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0.0.7.1 | Updated: 16 Jan 2020
Downloads:
1,149,443
Downloads of v 0.0.7.1:
11,025
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
(unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task) 0.0.7.1
This is not the latest version of (unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task) available.
Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by bcurran3. The inclusion of bcurran3 trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify bcurran3 goods or services and not for commercial purposes.
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install (unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade (unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall (unofficial) Choco Cleaner (Script + Task), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download choco-cleaner --internalize --version=0.0.7.1 --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade choco-cleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.0.7.1'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade choco-cleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.0.7.1'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install choco-cleaner
win_chocolatey:
name: choco-cleaner
version: '0.0.7.1'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'choco-cleaner' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '0.0.7.1'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller choco-cleaner
{
Name = "choco-cleaner"
Version = "0.0.7.1"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'choco-cleaner':
ensure => '0.0.7.1',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 16 Jan 2020.
choco://choco-cleaner
To use choco:// protocol URLs, install (unofficial) choco:// Protocol support
DO YOU WANT TO RECOVER SOME DISK SPACE USED BY UNNECESSARY RESIDUAL CHOCOLATEY FILES?
YOU JUST FOUND THE EASY WAY!
This package creates a Windows Scheduled Task to run Choco-Cleaner.ps1 every Sunday at 11:00 PM.
BEFORE and AFTER Choco-Cleaner: (198 packages installed and does not include temp folder deletions.)
Sure, you're probably not going to get gigabytes of space back, but every few KB matters on some computers and to some people! Due to slack space small files such as 6 byte .ignore files actually take up 4 KB of HDD space each.
FEATURES:
Set it and forget it! Choco-Cleaner cleans up your Chocolatey installation every Sunday at 11 PM in the background so you don't have to be bothered with it.
Choco-Cleaner is completely configurable, just edit \ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\Choco-Cleaner.xml and set true/false for any grouping of file types you want to delete or not. License and log files default to false. This has been mandated to me by Chocolatey for passing moderation. Everything else listed below is deleted by default.
Choco-Cleaner deletes:
- .log files that are not the most current one (NOT default)
- .zip, .rar, .iso, and various archive files left over from packages that forgot to delete them post install
- .zip.txt and other archive-extensions.txt are lists of files that were extracted from an archive file for installation
- .msi, .msu, and .msp are Microsoft intall packages left over from packages that forgot to delete them post install
- .ignore files that are created to not shim executables during package install but not needed after shim operations are finished (This may change in a future version of Chocolatey.)
- credits.txt are program credits (of contributors) files you can read on the web
- readme.txt files you can read on the web
- .md files are usually markdown readme files that you can read on the web
- .old files are Chocolatey files that have been replaced by newer versions (exe's and dll's mostly)
- chocolatey.config.backup is a backup of your chocolatey.config file
- _processed.txt - I have no idea what made this file or why it exists
- lib-bad holds packages that failed to install and lib-bkp contains aborted packages (during updates?)
- archives and executables out of .nupkg files which are ZIP archives with NuGet package information - this is similar to what Package Reducer does
- \users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey is where new package files are downloaded to during pre-installation (if you haven't changed your cacheLocation in chocolatey.config)
- files in cacheLocation if set in chocolatey.config
- \users\username\AppData\Local\Nuget\Cache if Nuget client is installed and caching files there
- \Windows\Temp\chocolatey
- license.txt and verification.txt files are included when packages include binaries, you can read them on the package web page, programname.license.txt files are license files for Chocolatey default tools (NOT default)
If you find Choco-Cleaner useful, and I suspect you will, please consider donating: https://www.paypal.me/bcurran3donations or become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/bcurran3
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Settings>
<Preferences>
<DeleteLicenseFiles>false</DeleteLicenseFiles>
<DeleteLogs>false</DeleteLogs>
<DeleteFileLogs>false</DeleteFileLogs>
<DeleteArchives>true</DeleteArchives>
<DeleteMSInstallers>true</DeleteMSInstallers>
<DeleteIgnoreFiles>true</DeleteIgnoreFiles>
<DeleteReadmes>true</DeleteReadmes>
<DeleteOldChoco>true</DeleteOldChoco>
<DeleteConfigBackupFile>true</DeleteConfigBackupFile>
<DeleteLibBad>true</DeleteLibBad>
<DeleteLibBkp>true</DeleteLibBkp>
<Optimizenupkg>true</Optimizenupkg>
<DeleteCache>true</DeleteCache>
<DeleteNuGetCache>true</DeleteNuGetCache>
</Preferences>
</Settings>
<!--
#######################################################################################################################
# You can comment out anything above that you do not want to delete such as log or license files with a # at the front of the line.
# File deletion statements (Remove-Item) are purposely grouped for easy disabling based on types of files.
#
# LEGEND:
# * .log files that are not the most current one
# * .zip, .rar, .iso, and various archive files left over from packages that forgot to delete them post install
# * .zip.txt and other archive-extensions.txt are lists of files that were extracted from an archive file for installation
# * .msi, .msu, and .msp are Microsoft intall packages left over from packages that forgot to delete them post install
# * .ignore files are created to not shim executables during package install but not needed after shim operations are finished (This may change in a # future version of Chocolatey.)
# * credits.txt are program credits (of contributors) files you can read on the web
# * readme.txt files you can read on the web
# * .md files are usually markdown readme files that you can read on the web
# * .old files are Chocolatey files that have been replaced by newer versions (exe's and dll's mostly)
# * chocolatey.config.backup is a backup of your chocolatey.config file
# * _processed.txt - I have no idea what made this file
# * lib-bad holds packages that failed to install and lib-bkp contains aborted packages (during updates?)
# * archives and executables out of .nuspkg files which are ZIP archives with NuGet package information - this is similar to what [Package Reducer](https://chocolatey.org/docs/features-package-reducer) does
# * \Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey is where new package files are downloaded to during pre-installation (if you haven't changed your cacheLocation in chocolatey.config)
# * license.txt and verification.txt files are included when packages include binaries, you can read them on the package web page, programname.license.txt files are license files for Chocolatey default tools
# * NuGet cach is where NuGet stores cached .nupkg files
#######################################################################################################################
-->
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue'
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
# Choco-Cleaner.ps1 Copyleft 2017-2020 by Bill Curran AKA BCURRAN3
# LICENSE: GNU GPL v3 - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
# Open a GitHub issue at https://github.com/bcurran3/ChocolateyPackages/issues if you have suggestions for improvement.
Write-Host "Choco-Cleaner.ps1 v0.0.7.1 (01/16/2020) - deletes unnecessary residual Chocolatey files to free up disk space" -Foreground White
Write-Host "Copyleft 2017-2020 Bill Curran ([email protected]) - free for personal and commercial use`n" -Foreground White
# Verify ChocolateyToolsLocation was created by Get-ToolsLocation during install and is in the environment
if (!($ENV:ChocolateyToolsLocation)) {Write-Warning '$env:ChocolateyToolsLocation not defined.' ;throw}
# All 7Zip supported formats plus EXE, MSU, MSP, APPX, APPXBUNDLE, IMG - What else is needed?
$BinaryExtensions=@("*.exe","*.img","*.msu","*.msp","*.appx","*.appxbundle","*.7z","*.xz","*.bzip2","*.gzip","*.tar","*.zip","*.wim","*.ar","*.arj","*.cab","*.chm","*.cpio","*.cramfs","*.dmg","*.ext","*.fat","*.gpt","*.hfs","*.ihex","*.iso","*.lzh","*.lzma","*.mbr","*.msi","*.nsis","*.ntfs","*.qcow2","*.rar","*.rpm","*.squashfs","*.udf","*.uefi","*.vdi","*.vhd","*.vmdk","*.xar","*.z")
# Import preferences from choco-cleaner.config
[xml]$ConfigFile = Get-Content "$ENV:ChocolateyToolsLocation\BCURRAN3\choco-cleaner.config"
$DeleteLogs = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteLogs
$DeleteArchives = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteArchives
$DeleteFileLogs = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteFileLogs
$DeleteMSInstallers = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteMSInstallers
$DeleteIgnoreFiles = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteIgnoreFiles
$DeleteReadmes = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteReadmes
$DeleteOldChoco = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteOldChoco
$DeleteConfigBackupFile = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteConfigBackupFile
$DeleteLibBad = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteLibBad
$DeleteLibBkp = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteLibBkp
$Optimizenupkg = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.Optimizenupkg
$DeleteCache = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteCache
$DeleteLicenseFiles = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteLicenseFiles
# new configuration items since implementation of XML config in v0.0.3
$DeleteNuGetCache = $ConfigFile.Settings.Preferences.DeleteNuGetCache
# Import chocolatey.config and get cacheLocation if set
[xml]$ChocoConfigFile = Get-Content "$ENV:ChocolateyInstall\config\chocolatey.config"
$cacheLocation = $ChocoConfigFile.chocolatey.config | % { $_.add } | ? { $_.key -eq 'cacheLocation' } | Select -Expand value
if ($ENV:ChocolateyInstall -match $ENV:SystemDrive -and $ENV:SystemDrive -eq "C:")
{
$FreeBefore = Get-PSDrive C | foreach-object {$_.Free}
}
Write-Host "Choco-Cleaner Summary:" -Foreground Magenta
if (Test-Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\bin\_processed.txt){
Write-Host " ** Deleting unnecessary Chocolatey _processed.txt (WTF?) file..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\bin\_processed.txt
}
if ($DeleteIgnoreFiles -eq "True"){
$GotIgnoreFiles=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall *.ignore -Recurse
$IgnoreFiles=$GotIgnoreFiles.count
if ($IgnoreFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $IgnoreFiles unnecessary Chocolatey .ignore files..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Include *.ignore -Recurse
} else {Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey .ignore files to delete." -Foreground Green}
}
if ($DeleteOldChoco -eq "True"){
$GotOldChoco=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall *.old -Recurse
$OldChoco=$GotOldChoco.count
if ($OldChoco -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $OldChoco unnecessary Chocolatey .old files..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Include *.old -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey .old files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteCache -eq "True")
{
$GotCacheFiles=ChildItem -Path $ENV:tmp\chocolatey -Recurse
$CacheFiles=$GotCacheFiles.count
if ($CacheFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $CacheFiles unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($ENV:tmp\chocolatey)..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:tmp\chocolatey -Recurse -Force
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($ENV:tmp\chocolatey) to delete." -Foreground Green
}
$GotCacheFiles=ChildItem -Path $ENV:SystemRoot\temp\chocolatey -Recurse
$CacheFiles=$GotCacheFiles.count
if ($CacheFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $CacheFiles unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($ENV:SystemRoot\temp\chocolatey)..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:SystemRoot\temp\chocolatey -Recurse -Force
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($ENV:SystemRoot\temp\chocolatey) to delete." -Foreground Green
}
if ($cacheLocation){
if (Test-Path $cacheLocation) {
$GotCacheFiles=ChildItem -Path $cacheLocation -Recurse
$CacheFiles=$GotCacheFiles.count
if ($CacheFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $CacheFiles unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($cacheLocation)..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $cacheLocation -Recurse -Force
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey cache files ($cacheLocation) to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
}
}
if ($DeleteNuGetCache -eq "True"){
if (Test-Path $ENV:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\NuGet\Cache){
$GotNuGetCache=ChildItem -Path $ENV:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\NuGet\Cache -Recurse
$NuGetCache=$GotNuGetCache.count
if ($NuGetCache -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $NuGetCache unnecessary Nuget cache files..." -Foreground Green
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Nuget cache files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\NuGet\Cache -Recurse -Force
}
}
if ($DeleteConfigBackupFile -eq "True"){
if (Test-Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\config\chocolatey.config.backup){
Write-Host " ** Deleting unnecessary Chocolatey config backup file..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\config\chocolatey.config.backup
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey config backup file to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteLibBad -eq "True"){
if (Test-Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bad){
$GotLibBadFiles=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bad | ?{ $_.PSIsContainer }
$LibBadFiles=$GotLibBadFiles.count
if ($LibBadFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $LibBadFiles unnecessary Chocolatey lib-bad package files..." -Foreground Green
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey lib-bad package files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bad -Recurse -Force
}
}
if ($DeleteLibBkp -eq "True"){
if (Test-Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bkp){
$GotLibBkpFiles=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bkp | ?{ $_.PSIsContainer }
$LibBkpFiles=$GotLibBkpFiles.count
if ($LibBkpFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $LibBkpFiles unnecessary Chocolatey lib-bkp package files..." -Foreground Green
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey lib-bkp package files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-bkp -Recurse -Force
}
}
#if ($DeleteLibSynced -eq "True")
# {
# Write-Host " ** Deleting unnecessary Chocolatey lib-synced package files..." -Foreground Green
# Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib-synced -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# }
if ($DeleteFileLogs -eq "True")
{
$GotFileLogs=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Include *.zip.txt,*.exe.txt,*.rar.txt,*.7z.txt,*.gz.txt,*.tar.txt,*.sfx.txt,*.iso.txt -Recurse
$FileLogs=$GotFileLogs.count
if ($FileLogs -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $FileLogs unnecessary Chocolatey extracted file logs..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Include *.zip.txt,*.exe.txt,*.rar.txt,*.7z.txt,*.gz.txt,*.tar.txt,*.sfx.txt,*.iso.txt -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey extracted file logs to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteLogs -eq "True"){
$GotOldLogs=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\logs\*.log -Recurse -Exclude chocolatey.log,choco.summary.log
$FileLogs=$GotOldLogs.count
if ($FileLogs -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $FileLogs unnecessary Chocolatey log files..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\logs\*.log -Exclude chocolatey.log,choco.summary.log -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey log files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteArchives -eq "True"){
$GotArchvieFiles=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib -Recurse -Include *.zip,*.rar,*.7z,*.gz,*.tar,*.sfx,*.iso,*.img,*.appx,*.appxbundle,*.bzip2,*.gzip,*.tar,*.lzh,*.z
$ArchiveFiles=$GotArchvieFiles.count
if ($ArchiveFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $ArchiveFiles unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded archive files in toolsDir..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib -Include *.zip,*.rar,*.7z,*.gz,*.tar,*.sfx,*.iso,*.img,*.appx,*.appxbundle,*.bzip2,*.gzip,*.tar,*.lzh,*.z -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded archive files in toolsDir to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($Optimizenupkg -eq "True"){
Write-Host " ** Deleting unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded archives and executables in .nupkg files..." -Foreground Green
Get-Childitem $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib -Recurse -Include *.nupkg | ForEach-Object {& $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\tools\7z.exe d -r -tZIP $_.FullName $BinaryExtensions} | Out-Null
}
if ($DeleteLicenseFiles -eq "True"){
$GotLicenseFiles=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\* -Recurse -Include license.txt,*.license.txt,verification.txt -Exclude shimgen.license.txt
$LicenseFiles=$GotLicenseFiles.count
if ($LicenseFiles -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $LicenseFiles unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded license files..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Include license.txt,*.license.txt,verification.txt -Exclude shimgen.license.txt -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded license files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteMSInstallers -eq "True"){
$GotMSInstallers=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib -Recurse -Include *.msi,*.msu,*.msp
$MSInstallers=$GotMSInstallers.count
if ($MSInstallers -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $MSInstallers unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded Microsoft installers..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\lib -Include *.msi,*.msu,*.msp -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded Microsoft installers to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($DeleteReadmes -eq "True"){
$GotReadmes=Get-ChildItem -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\* -Recurse -Include credits.txt,readme.txt,*.md
$Readmes=$GotReadmes.count
if ($Readmes -ge 1){
Write-Host " ** Deleting $Readmes unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded various read me files..." -Foreground Green
Remove-Item -Path $ENV:ChocolateyInstall\* -Include credits.txt,readme.txt,*.md -Recurse
} else {
Write-Host " ** NO unnecessary Chocolatey package embedded various read me files to delete." -Foreground Green
}
}
if ($ENV:ChocolateyInstall -Match $ENV:SystemDrive -and $ENV:SystemDrive -eq "C:")
{
$FreeAfter = Get-PSDrive C | foreach-object {$_.Free}
$FreedSpace = $FreeAfter - $FreeBefore
$FreedSpace = $FreedSpace / 1024
Write-Host Choco-Cleaner finished deleting unnecessary Chocolatey files and saved you $freedspace.ToString('N0') KB! -Foreground Magenta
} else {
Write-Host choco-cleaner finished deleting unnecessary Chocolatey files! -Foreground Magenta
}
Write-Host "Found Choco-Cleaner.ps1 useful?" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host "Buy me a beer at https://www.paypal.me/bcurran3donations" -ForegroundColor White
Write-Host "Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/bcurran3" -ForegroundColor White
Start-Sleep -s 10
# TDL
# Recursively delete Chocolatey and NuGet cache files from all user directories
# Clean C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib-synced
# Clean C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\.chocolatey
# Possibly make self-elevating https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/virtual_pc_guy/2010/09/23/a-self-elevating-powershell-script/
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName = 'choco-cleaner'
$scriptDir = "$(Get-ToolsLocation)\BCURRAN3"
$shortcutName = 'Choco Cleaner.lnk'
$altshortcutName = 'Chocolatey Cleaner.lnk'
SchTasks /Delete /TN “choco-cleaner” /F
Remove-Item "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$altshortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$ENV:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chocolatey\$shortcutName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "$scriptDir\choco-cleaner.*" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
if (!(Get-ChildItem -Path "$ENV:ChocolateyToolsLocation\BCURRAN3" | Measure-Object | %{$_.Count})) {
$ENV:Path.Replace("$ChocolateyToolsLocation\BCURRAN3","") | Out-Null
Remove-Item "$ENV:ChocolateyToolsLocation\BCURRAN3" | Out-Null
}
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Copyleft Bill Curran
INSTRUCTIONS:
To manually run Choco-Cleaner:
- Command Prompt or PowerShell: choco-cleaner
- Windows Start Menu: click the icon. If you have choco-shortcuts-winconfig installed you'll find it with the rest of the Chocolatey Shortcuts.
If you have a previous release of Choco-Cleaner installed, upgrading to a new version will NOT modify your current scheduled task or preferences.
11:00 PM was chosen as not to conflict with default installs of choco-upgrade-all-at, choco-persistent-packages, and choco-optimize-at.
Organizations with software license compliance auditing should probably NOT delete the license and verification files for legal protection. The supplied configuration file defaults to false for these types of files. As ferventcoder/Rob has said many times, corporations are not advised to use the community repository and should be using Chocolatey for Business with their own internalized local packages.
CHANGELOG:
- 0.0.7.1 - Added checking to make sure that $env:ChocolateyToolsLocation exists. If you receive a "$env:ChocolateyToolsLocation not defined error message," you might simply need to close your CLI and reopen it if $env:ChocolateyToolsLocation was created during choco-cleaner's install.
- 0.0.7 - Added some info about what and what isn't being deleted, added #Requires -RunAsAdministrator statement to script (PS v4+)
- 0.0.6 - Fixed long standing bug where the config options set to false were ignored. Now works from Command Prompt as well as PowerShell. Additional 7Zip supported archives deleted.
- 0.0.5.2 - minor update to delete .img (alternate .iso name), and .msi,.msu, and .msp files in toolsDir, as well as minor cosmetic changes
- 0.0.5.1 - made PowerShell Core compatible
- 0.0.5 - added deletion of cacheLocation if defined in chocolatey.config, cosmetic changes, removed 7Zip dependency and now using the version of 7Zip packaged with Chocolatey.
- 0.0.4 - added deletion of Nuget Cache folder files
- 0.0.3.1 - fixed typo causing nupkg files to NOT be optimized - thanks E.R.!
- 0.0.3 - Rewritten version of 0.0.1 with XML configuration file and ferventcoder/Rob's approved default settings. Minor improvements.
- 0.0.2 - Unreleased version with two scripts with different default settings; "Bill's way" and "Rob's way" and a package parameter to choose which one to use/install. Shelved.
- 0.0.1 - Initial release. Did not pass Chocolatey moderation due to mandated changes of default parameters. Only "secretly" available.
ROADMAP:
- Clean up C:\ProgramData\chocolatey.chocolatey
- Clean up C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib-synced (licensed versions)
This package has no dependencies.
Ground Rules:
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