Dell PC Doctor by Dell

What is Dell PC Doctor?

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Overview

How do I clean Dell PC Doctor?

Dell PC Doctor 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 Dell PC Doctor
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Dell PC Doctor manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are two locations in the file system where Dell PC Doctor stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Dell PC Doctor 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 Dell PC Doctor that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/PCDr/*.dmp
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/PCDr/*.dmp
2. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/PCDr/*.dmp
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/PCDr/*.dmp

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