Soulseek NS by Soulseek

What is Soulseek NS?

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Overview

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How do I clean Soulseek NS?

Soulseek NS 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 Soulseek NS
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Soulseek NS manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Soulseek NS stores data that can be cleaned. Additionally, Soulseek NS stores private data in one registry key.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Soulseek NS, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• 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 regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry key:

1. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Soulseek2.
   • Click config.
   • Right-click search in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Soulseek NS 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 Soulseek NS that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Soulseek Chat Logs\Private\*.txt
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Soulseek Chat Logs\Private\*.txt

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

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