Saving HDD Space

Some places to save HDD space.

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Windows search

Windows search data is stored locally in a database. This can be deleted. To delete the database you will need to stop the windows service stop-service 'Windows Search'.

• Path in Registry Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\Databases\Windows').FileName
• Before windows 7 'C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\All Users\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb'
• Windows 7 and up Join-Path $Env:ProgramData '\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb'

Recycling bin

Empty the recycling bin

$Recycler = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).NameSpace(0xa)
$Recycler.items() | foreach { rm $_.path -force -recurse }

Disabled hibernation

If you don’t use Hibernation, it can be disabled. Disable Hibernation Command &powercfg -h off

Patch Cache

This Join-Path $Env:windir '\Installer\$PatchCache$\Managed' http://blogs.msdn.com/b/heaths/archive/2007/01/17/the-patch-cache-and-freeing-space.aspx

Winsxs, Windows 8+

&C:\WINDOWS\SYSNATIVE\DISM.EXE /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

Windows update log

Windows CBS logs.

Resharper Cache

'C:\Users\[foreach]\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Transient\' This folder can be moved to another drive https://www.jetbrains.com/help/resharper/2016.3/Configuring_Caches_Location.html

nuget cache

Nuget cache can fill up with old versions of files. These can be removed. &$nugetPath locals -clear all

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Folders

Folder that contains files that can be considered for deletion.

• *: Any folder
• [***]: Any folder recursive

Temp Folders

'C:\Windows\Temp\*'
'C:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\temp\*'
'C:\Users\*\Appdata\Local\Temp\*'

Windows folders

'C:\Windows\Prefetch\*'
'C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\*'

Windows logs

'C:\Windows\[***]\*.log'

Dump files

'C:\Windows\*.dmp'
'C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\*.dmp'

Browser temp files

IE, temp internet folders

'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*'
'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\*'

Chrome, temp internet folders

'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*'
'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache2\entries\*'
'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Media Cache\*'

Firefox

'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default-*\cache\*'
'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default-*\cache\*.*'
'C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default-*\Cache2\entries\*'

Cleans IIS Logs.

'C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\*'

.net workspace

.net projects can create a lot of temp files.

• [workspaces] Path to your base workspace folder

  Workspace TestResults

  “[workspaces]***\TestResults*”

workspace Bin folders, you would need to rebuild after doing this.

'[workspaces]\[***]\Bin\*'

workspace Obj folders, you would need to rebuild after doing this.

'[workspaces]\[***]\obj\*'

Resharper cache folders

'C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Transient\*\*\SolutionCaches\*'
'C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Transient\'

Nuget folders

'C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\NuGet\*'
'C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\dnu\*'
'C:\Users\*\.nuget\*'

Adobie install files

'C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\*'