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- WinTidy - Identify and Remove Unwanted Files
-
- WinTidy helps you control disk space usage. There are many programs that
- generate backup files that can be safely deleted once a project has been
- completed, and program developers may wish to delete those "intermediate"
- files and pre-compiled headers that typically clutter up C++ or Delphi
- projects. WinTidy identifies these files, and will allow you to try and
- delete them. It does *not* delete the files automatically.
-
- ========================== WARNING ==============================
- You accept any resonsibility for deleting files on your system.
- Take a backup if you are at all uncertain what you are doing!
- ========================== WARNING ==============================
-
- Usage:
-
- Extract WinTidy.exe from the zip file to a convenient location, and run it!
- WinTidy uses no other DLLs, or registry entries. Optionally, if you make an
- icon or shortcut for WinTidy, you can have one parameter which causes the
- initial directory to be preset to that parameter. You must still press the
- Find button, though, to scan for unwanted files. The files are presented in
- a list box in size order, so you can concentrate on removing the biggest
- files first. Maximum results for minimum effort! Select the files you want
- to delete in the list box, and then press the Delete button.
-
- What files are "unwanted"?
-
- As supplied, the program regards the following files as unwanted. To change
- this requires re-compilation. I deliberately chose this way of doing things
- as it is more difficult to recompile than to simply edit an INI file.
-
- *.tmp ~*.* *.~* *.?~?
- *.aps *.bak *.bk? *.bsc
- *.dmp *.dsm *.ilk *.pch
- *.rws *.sbr *.$$$ backup*.wbk
-
- There is also an option to be rather more agressive in selecting files, when
- you are getting really desparate for space. This seeks out Windows 95 and NT
- help file searching add-ons, the .FTS and .GID files. These can be recreated
- by Windows when required.
-
- To recover more disk space, you may also want to empty the cache of any Web
- browsers you have, particularly if you have one installed and it's no longer
- in use, and if you run both Windows 95 and NT, you might want to delete NT's
- PAGEFILE.SYS in 95's autoexec.bat, and 95's WIN386.SWP in NT's autoexec.nt.
-
- Notes:
-
- The program is written with Borland's Delphi 2.0, and full source is
- included. You do not need access to Delphi 2.0 to run WinTidy. The program
- runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51/4.0.
-
- Contacting the author:
-
- This program is placed in the public domain, but remains copyright of
- David Taylor, Edinburgh, 1996. This program is provided "as is", without
- any support. Whilst I cannot answer queries relating to the use of this
- program, I'd welcome any comments or suggestions for improvements you may
- have.
-
-
- david.taylor@gecm.com
- 1996 May 26
-