[THE FILE IN MY SELF-REPLY BELOW IS ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS]
I am not the creator... I simply wish to share it. Use this to gain super power access to 'locked' folders and files in Windows.
It installs into registry and places a small operator in the 'right mouse click' context menu of windows file explorer]
P.S. if one desires to remove this or any other .reg registry key .... simply copy the top or other section of the key that is in the [""] brackets
(example: {
{HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*.*}
and insert a minus (-) sign in from of the first character within the brackets.
LIke this ... {-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*.*}
This 'subtractor method' deletes registry keys instantly (unless their system/locked ones.)
Over many years I became quite reliant on CCleaner because of it's super efficiency and lightning speed. I do have to admit that even though the pop-up suggesting offers occurs frequently it doesn't have any actual detrimental effects. There was at one time a glitch in the CCleaner registry cleaner ... it would add the punctuation (period .reg) into the unused extensions list and if one accidentally overlooked it and did a not-backup registry clean it would remove the dot from .txt files and so I had simply exported it for safety because it is a not importable 'character' file. I renamed it to simply "period" on export and it can then be imported, since registry editor does not attach the filename to the actual import (e.g. "period.reg" vs. ".reg") ... so, if it happens to some one ... here it is.
COPY & PASTE INTO A .TXT FILE AND USING THE BOTTOM 'DROP DOWN BAR' MENU 'SAVE-AS' ... period.reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Registry Key ("Period Punctuation Mark")
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.\OpenWithList]
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As I stated I do work with a myriad of compilers and programs and for those whom desire to do a fairly thorough cleaning of their CryptnetUrlCache Folders I have been working on a batch file that appears to do the job quite efficiently if one has administrator privileges with UAC (User Account Control) set to minimum ...
SAVE THIS FILE AS A .BAT (SUCH AS: cryptnetclr.bat) and also run as administrator.
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USE THE FOLLOWING ONLY AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION ... LIABILITY FOR ERROR IS NOT ACCEPTED!
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:: RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR ::
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:: ADD "echo off" just below on the top of the fie outside the these double colon remarks punctutation if hidden operation mode is desired :::
cd C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache
attrib .\Content\*.* -s
del .\Content\*.* /q
attrib .\MetaData\*.* -s
del .\MetaData\*.* /q
cd %WINDIR%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptNetUrlCache
attrib .\Content\*.* -s
del .\Content\*.* /q
attrib .\MetaData\*.* -s
del .\MetaData\*.* /q
cd %WINDIR%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache
attrib .\Content\*.* -s
del .\Content\*.* /q
attrib .\MetaData\*.* -s
del .\MetaData\*.* /q
cd %WINDIR%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache
attrib .\Content\*.* -s
del .\Content\*.* /q
attrib .\MetaData\*.* -s
del .\MetaData\*.* /q
cd %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache
attrib .\Content\*.* -s
del .\Content\*.* /q
attrib .\MetaData\*.* -s
del .\MetaData\*.* /q
pause
:: Remove the pause at end if not needed to view the entire file ... pause stops the cmd line at end of operation, otherwise normal .bat files simply close quickly ::
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