Deleting old Update Backups

Thanks for all the responses. I guess now I can just quit looking.

And I don't know how or why but I am now getting email notifications on replies. Wasn't before!!

Steven,

Are these the same type of backup uninstall files that will be deleted as with the SP1 Cleanup Tool?

Shawn

I know it does clean some of the setup files just not all of them, It just cleans all the other junk instead

Thanks Steven,

It's better than nothing I suppose.

Shawn

Steven,

I'm just curious as to how you found or even know about that command. I'm still in the learning mode and was fascinated when you supplied that command.

I noticed that it doesn't show the total files or KB? as does the standard Disk Cleanup.

Thanks.

Hi Vegaspat,

I cant remember where exactly I found out the command, it was a fair few years ago while I was using XP and before the Longhorn Alphas and I just saved it as a command short-cut to launch the Extended Disk Cleanup when needed....

I have a snazzy launchcut if you would like that instead of launching the command everytime?

Steven

Steven,

As you can tell I'm not THAT computer literate but am willing to learn.

Send the launch cut!

Is there a way to actually show the details as with the default disk cleanup? (# of bytes)

Steven,

If I remember correctly, does this enhanced Disk Cleanup version only allow you to select items to be cleaned for when you have Disk Cleanup scheduled next to run in Task Scheduler?

Perhaps - because it incorporates both the /sageset: and the /sagerun switches, I thought it would be just fine, but I later learned that that was just the profile number. In general, though, the sageset and sagerun are used to create cleaning 'profiles' that can easily be used with Task Scheduler. I am not 100% sure if you are *ever* allowed to select files using this method or not.

For a more detailed discussion, see where I suggest the same thing over at Petri.co.il forums and the responses...

How to incorporate a better Disk Cleanup - Petri.co.il forums by Daniel Petri

Be warned, though, that Daniel has his forum default to show oldest posts at the *bottom*.

Did you ever find where you heard about it? I think it was from a Microsoft page since I have a few of these for different parts of the system...

Steven