Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool by Microsoft

What is Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool?

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Overview

How do I clean Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool?

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool 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 Standalone System Sweeper Tool
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool 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 Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Microsoft/Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool/Support/*.log
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Microsoft/Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool/Support/*.log
2. Type dir %WinDir%/Windows Defender Offline/Support/*.txt
3. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Microsoft/Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool/Support/*.log
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Microsoft/Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool/Support/*.log

Once you have identified the files stored by Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Tool that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.