What is Microsoft Deployment Toolkit?

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Overview

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is published by Microsoft. You can find out more about Microsoft Deployment Toolkit at its official website or at Microsoft's website.


How do I clean Microsoft Deployment Toolkit?

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 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 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
with AppCleaner

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

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 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 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Downloads\*
    • On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Downloads\*

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

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