What is SlimCleaner Plus?
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Overview
How do I clean SlimCleaner Plus?
SlimCleaner Plus 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 SlimCleaner Plus
with AppCleaner
If you want to clean SlimCleaner Plus manually, you can follow the steps outlined below.
There are eight locations in the file system where SlimCleaner Plus stores data that can be cleaned.
Files
Warning: Proceed very carefully when deleting files. Always revise the files you are about to remove. Removing important files can damage your system.
To clean your file system from files stored by SlimCleaner Plus and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations.
First of all, open a command prompt window:
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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 SlimCleaner Plus that can be cleaned:
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Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimService\Logs\*.log
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Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimService\Logs\*.log
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Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimServiceFactory\Logs\*.log
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Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimServiceFactory\Logs\*.log
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Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimCleaner Plus\Cache\*
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Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimCleaner Plus\Cache\*
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimCleaner Plus\Logs\*.log
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Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\SlimWare Utilities Inc\SlimCleaner Plus\Logs\*.log
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Type dir %ProgramFiles%\SlimCleaner Plus\*.txt
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On 64-Bit also: Type dir %ProgramFiles(x86)%\SlimCleaner Plus\*.txt
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\Program Files*
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Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\Program Files*
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For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
Type dir {folder}\SlimCleaner Plus\*.txt
where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimService\Logs\*.log
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Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimService\Logs\*.log
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimServiceFactory\Logs\*.log
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Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\SlimWare Utilities Inc\Services\SlimServiceFactory\Logs\*.log
Once you have identified the files stored by SlimCleaner Plus that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.