I have been hunting for an app or set of scripts that will perform cruft cleanup (remove junk files; clean temp folders; browser caches; etc.) on drives that are not in an active system. So far all that I've evaluated only work on an active system. Does such a utility exist or do I have to write my own set of scripts?
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Do those drives contain an actual OS, or do they just contain a bunch of (random) files?– niduncCommented May 11, 2014 at 0:22
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1This is an OS installation drive; just not in the normally booting computer. This is a cleanup situation where it's handy to scrub them down before running av and antimalware software.– ylluminateCommented May 11, 2014 at 6:08
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That makes things a whole lot easier, 'cuz if they didn't contain an OS it would be nearly impossible– niduncCommented May 11, 2014 at 10:55
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Although I am hesitant to actually recommend it (CCleaner is dangerous and 99% useless)
CCleaner does have an Enterprise Edition which allows you to work with machines across your network.
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I've seen lots of people call CCleaner dangerous or useless, sometimes both, but no one ever cites their sources. Also, in 2014, CCleaner was perfectly fine. It's when it got bought by Avast that it started taking reputational damage. The one time it was subjected to a supply side hack was in 2017. So please, tell me how this was "dangerous" software in 2014. Or in the present day, that's cool too. Commented Aug 9 at 3:06
Another app that seems to do this fairly well that I've been playing with is CleanUp! I'm not yet sure how effective it is on newer Windows OS releases, but it seems to have some real potential as it offers a preview run as well.
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