Remove .DS_Store files

[ishan_rulz]

What are .DS_Store files?

http://lowendmac.com/crews/06/0104.html

 

Is it possible to add this to the next version as I have to manually delete these files every week on my computer.

[Guest]

I think .DS_Store files are a bit like metadata, and are created on Macs as your link shows. As to whether it should be added to CCleaner, does CCleaner run on Macs?

[Winapp2.ini]

No it doesn't but this would entail recursive scanning

 

ie

 

C:|*.DS_STORE|RECURSE

 

it'd take a while I bet o.o

 

Although I think shane (If I may be so bold as to address him on a first name basis) may have included this in System Ninja. I'd have to check, I know it does mac icon scanning.

[Andavari]

In the world of Windows .DS_Store is a junk file. Personally I download everything into a single folder "My Download Files" then if I've downloaded any new icon packs I run a batch file that automatically removes junk from other OSes.

 

Example:

del /q /s "C:\My Download Files\*.DS_Store"

[UksusoFF]

I would like find and delete thumbs.db too.

[TheWebAtom]

Although I think shane (If I may be so bold as to address him on a first name basis) may have included this in System Ninja. I'd have to check, I know it does mac icon scanning.

 

Yes; .DS_Store files are one of the original reasons I wrote System Ninja, since using CCleaner to remove them took an incredibly long time.

 

EDIT: UKsosoFF; CCleaner again has the bad-performance-due-to-recursion issue with Thumbs.db files. While I know it's shameless, System Ninja gets these too

 

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ps. You're more than welcome to use my first name, I actively encourage it