I believe CCleaner should capable of searching inside a certain given folder and all its subfolders for files with certain name patterns (such as _cache.tmp, thumbs.db, checklist.ms, catalog??.thumb etc.) and delete them. (Note that these files might have Hidden, System and Read-only attributes.)
Initially, I was of the opinion that this feature is fully-implemented in CCleaner. However, after a discussion in the forum (http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?act=findpost&pid=147199) it was revealed that the implementation is not complete and cannot perform its duty as it is supposed to.
I'm new around here but I'd like to second that request. I'm only interested in cleaning thumbs.db file from all of my computer and every shared computer that I work with. Not any more. Having this bug fixed enables the implementation of lots of cleanup scenarios. Just think about all those junk files that have the same patterns in their names and are better off deleted... like archive-comment files, *.GID files, ACDSee cache files, Microsoft Office cache files, ...
Simply do a search for "thumbs.db", delete them all, and then in a Windows Explorer window go to "Tools\Folder Options\View" and scroll down to "Do not cache thumbnails" and check the box.
^ Actually, ever since I made my original post, I have been thinking and I realized that there are even more reasons for having this bug fixed than just deleting thumb.db files. Just imagine what scenarios can be implemented! I want the whole bug fixed now.
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P.S. About deleting thumb.db files, don't be so suppressive. Same thing can be said about all features of CCleaner. You can always say "There are no need to have this feature because you can have it done by clicking this and that" and suppress a feature request.
Beside, thumb.db files come and go with downloads too. And furthermore, I use lots of shared PCs, most of which have group policies applied and their settings cannot be changed.
Enough said, I think having the bug fix makes lives lot easier, given the many other scenarios that can be implemented.
And many more. Note those files like .ncb and .obj: they are temporary or intermediate files of visual studio. Not many people have them, but most developers will.
Sot it would be nice to specify this large list in "include" folder "c:\", and have them removed from the whole drive, not only in "c:\"... I could do a patch: edit the .ini file adding all the paths of my projects, and for each path add those file types... but again, it's a partial and not elegant solution. Better add a recursive search of all desired files in a folder, and add a check box if you don't want recursivity. I am a software developer and I know it is not hard. I wrote some similar code in VC++, I think you only need CFileFind class.
It's the original poster of this topic, Fleet Command.
I just wanted to thank the developers for having implemented this feature. Thanks a bunch, developers! Keep up the good work!
Did they do? When? How? I tried latest version (October 26th) and still incomplete: you can delete selected files in a folder, but it won't include sub-folders. Or you can delete sub-folders, but will delete ALL files...
The following winsys2.ini code works like a charm:
[Thumbs.db files on Drive K]LangSecRef=3002Default=FalseFileKey1=k:\Images|Thumbs.db|RECURSEFileKey2=k:\Images|Checklist.ms|RECURSE
Also these two topics are in fact the same thing. I started both. I started the to which you have linked, in which moderator Andavarki advised me to open a case here and so I did.
In any case, the message is meant for the developers. In the code of conduct of us developers, he who requests a feature is obliged to thanks the developer when it is implemented.
The searchpath (the part before the first |) is supposed to not end on a backslash. For some reason just k:|Thumbs.db|RECURSE does not work but the syntax above does the job.
I did some testing on that issue and as far as I could figure it is fully implemented now.
Yes, that was nice workaround, adding a dot (.) between backslash (\) and pipe (|). Thanks Mike42. I think this workaround makes both Manuel S. and Sephiroth very happy.
By the way, don't you find recursion mechanism to be a bit slow? I find my own C# application to be faster. I hope developers will take look into this issue.
By the way, don't you find recursion mechanism to be a bit slow? I find my own C# application to be faster. I hope developers will take look into this issue.
Depends on your data structure. The sections in my winapp2.ini scanning from the root take rather long (~10 sec) since they search the complete folder tree (at least the first time, after the folder structure is cached it's faster of course). I have no comparison, so I can't really tell if it is slow or not.
Btw: Why the new account? Did your old one get banned?
Yes, that was nice workaround, adding a dot (.) between backslash (\) and pipe (|). Thanks Mike42. I think this workaround makes both Manuel S. and Sephiroth very happy.
Humm.... Yes, I will be very happy if it works, but the question is how to use it. For example, if I want to delete *.tmp; *.pdb; *.pch from c:\users and its subfolders, how would you write it?