Beyond Compare by Beyond

What is Beyond Compare?

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Overview

How do I clean Beyond Compare?

Beyond Compare may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Beyond Compare
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Beyond Compare manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Beyond Compare stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Beyond Compare and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system location. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Beyond Compare that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %APPDATA%\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare*
2. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\*.bak where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
3. Type dir %APPDATA%\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare*
4. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\BCCommands.xml where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
5. Type dir %APPDATA%\Scooter Software\Beyond Compare*
6. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\BCSessions.xml where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.

Once you have identified the files stored by Beyond Compare that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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