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Downloads:

16,394

Downloads of v 1.4.2.0:

16,394

Last Update:

23 Feb 2018

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • homedev

Tags:

patchcleaner windows installer clean orphan waste embedded admin

PatchCleaner

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1.4.2.0 | Updated: 23 Feb 2018

Downloads:

16,394

Downloads of v 1.4.2.0:

16,394

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • homedev

PatchCleaner 1.4.2.0

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Some Checks Have Failed or Are Not Yet Complete

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Resulted in Flagged:

This package was submitted (and approved) prior to automated virus scanning integration into the package moderation processs.

We recommend clicking the "Details" link to make your own decision on installing this package.

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install PatchCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade PatchCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall PatchCleaner, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

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

  • 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

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade patchcleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [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 patchcleaner -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install patchcleaner
  win_chocolatey:
    name: patchcleaner
    version: '1.4.2.0'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'patchcleaner' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.4.2.0'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller patchcleaner
{
    Name     = "patchcleaner"
    Version  = "1.4.2.0"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'patchcleaner':
  ensure   => '1.4.2.0',
  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.

Package Approved

This package was approved by moderator gep13 on 27 Feb 2018.

Description

When applications are installed and updated on the Windows Operating System a hidden directory "c:\Windows\Installer" is used to store the installer (.msi) files and the patch (.msp) files.

Generally these files are important as during updating, patching or uninstalling software it will use the .msi/.msp files. If you blanketly delete all the files in this folder, you will find yourself needing to rebuild windows.

Over time as your computer is patched and patched again, these installer files become outdated and orphaned. They are no longer required, but they can take up many gigabytes of data.

PatchCleaner identifies these redundant/orphaned files and allows you to either:

  1. (Recommended) Move them to another location. If you want to play it safe, just move them to another location, and you can always copy them back.
  2. Delete them.

tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$fileLocation = (Get-ChildItem (Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) -Filter '*.exe').FullName

$UnzipDir = Join-Path $env:TEMP $env:ChocolateyPackageName

# Extract zip
Get-ChocolateyUnzip -FileFullPath $fileLocation -Destination $UnzipDir

$InstallArgs = @{
   packageName    = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
   softwareName   = "$env:ChocolateyPackageName*"
   fileType       = 'msi'
   File           = (Get-ChildItem $UnzipDir -filter "*.msi" -Recurse).FullName
   silentArgs     = "/qn /norestart /l*v `"$($env:TEMP)\$($env:chocolateyPackageName).$($env:chocolateyPackageVersion).MsiInstall.log`""
   validExitCodes = @(0)
}

Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @InstallArgs

New-Item "$fileLocation.ignore" -Type file -Force | Out-Null

tools\LICENSE.txt
From: Click-through agreement in installer

END-USER LICENCE AGREEMENT (EULA)
PatchCleaner
Copyright (©) 2015 HomeDev

### DEFINITIONS 
In this End User License Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears, 

* "EULA" means this End User License Agreement 
* "HOMEDEV" means  HomeDev ABN 60 998 692 641
* "PatchCleaner" means the SOFTWARE PRODUCT which is available free of 
   charge from the web site, http://www.homedev.com.au
* "SOFTWARE PRODUCT", "THE SOFTWARE" or "SOFTWARE" means PatchCleaner, 
   which includes computer software and associated media and printed 
   materials, and may include online or electronic documentation. 

### GRANT OF LICENCE 
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 
the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 
Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included 
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE 
OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

tools\PatchCleaner_1.4.2.0.exe
md5: 70D0BD7633D10C492839272C97B2544E | sha1: 4DA0E8C2FE1F06B13985D700FE15686A1015C3BB | sha256: 6472DE894C5CB6050FD80CDD893B8772AEF71F8BDB5C65A0175CF7CBB90E6EC6 | sha512: 99D43ED2060EB6371A54F73AF407FE4CC7644A93E5F856419AD0CB8769B2664139CB9097FF4BE4B8DBB93F2C5DA4FC90BC48EEAC6FE0B3DF5F8BC12428B5B5B2
tools\VERIFICATION.txt
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
 
PatchCleaner can be downloaded directly by going to the download tab on 
the home page:
   http://www.homedev.com.au/Free/PatchCleaner#tabs-4
or by downloading from SourceForge:
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/patchcleaner/files/latest/download?source=files

Direct Download:
Version  : 1.4.2.0
URL      : https://sourceforge.net/projects/patchcleaner/files/PatchCleaner/v1.4.2.0/PatchCleaner_1.4.2.0.exe
CheckSum : 6472DE894C5CB6050FD80CDD893B8772AEF71F8BDB5C65A0175CF7CBB90E6EC6

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.

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