Dear Esther by Dear

What is Dear Esther?

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Overview

How do I clean Dear Esther?

Dear Esther 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 Dear Esther
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Dear Esther manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where Dear Esther stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Dear Esther and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. 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 Dear Esther that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/Steam/Steamapps/common/dear esther/dearesther/*.tmp
   • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Steam/Steamapps/common/dear esther/dearesther/*.tmp
2. Type dir %ProgramFiles%/Steam/Steamapps/common/dear esther/dearesther/resource/*.icns
   • On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Steam/Steamapps/common/dear esther/dearesther/resource/*.icns
3. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/Program Files*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/Program Files*
4. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\Steam/Steamapps/common/dear esther/dearesther/*.tmp where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.

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