What is The Cleaner?
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Overview
How do I clean The Cleaner?
The Cleaner 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 The Cleaner
with AppCleaner
If you want to clean The Cleaner manually, you can follow the steps outlined below.
There are three locations in the file system where The Cleaner 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 The Cleaner 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 The Cleaner that can be cleaned:
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Type dir %APPDATA%\thecleaner\*.log
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Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%\The Cleaner\*.log
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On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%\The Cleaner\*.log
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Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%\The Cleaner\*.tmp
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On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%\The Cleaner\*.tmp
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Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%\The Cleaner\*.bak
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On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%\The Cleaner\*.bak
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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 /s {folder}\The Cleaner\*.log
where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
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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 /s {folder}\The Cleaner\*.tmp
where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
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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 /s {folder}\The Cleaner\*.bak
where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
Once you have identified the files stored by The Cleaner that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.