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VStudio Cleaner v1.4 2009
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Author:
Dennis Lang 2009
http://home.comcast.net/~lang.dennis
Credits:
This application is based off of Leonardo Paneque "Solution Cleaner"
http://www.teknowmagic.net/
Description:
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VStudioCleaner was created to remove all the droppings from Visual Studio 2008.
The default filters will optionally remove the following files and directories:
1. "bin" directory
2. "obj" directory
3. "Debug" directory
4. "Release" directory
5. "Backup" directory
6. "_UpgradeReport_Files" directory
7. *.pdb, *.ncb, *.ilk, *.suo files
8. setting*.xml, connection*.xml
I did a google search and found Leonardo Paneque's program "Solution Cleaner" which covers most of my requirements.
Leonardo Paneque "Solution Cleaner"
http://www.teknowmagic.net/
The problems with "Solution Cleaner"
1. The filter rules are fixed
2. The rules don't clean all of the Visual Studio 2008 auxiliary files
3. The file list cannot be sorted
4. The file list cannot be exported
5. The User Interface cannot be resized (I hate programs which don't resize)
6. Does not remove directories
The good news with "Solution Cleaner"
1. The program does solve most of the problem of finding files and deleting them.
2. The author provides the source code (Thank you Leonardo).
While I was googling, I also found Wise Disk Cleaner.
http://www.wisecleaner.com/
Wise cleaner supported custom rules and has some nice features, but I had problems trying to select and deselect filters
and files because it does not support extended or multi-select and all the sorting options I needed.
So I just had to write my own (because that is what I do) and I used Solution Cleaner as a starting point.
VStudio Cleaner has the following features:
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1. Built-in filters to remove files and directories (including subdirectories).
2. Ability to add custom filters.
3. Ability to bookmark filter settings and search paths.
4. Save/Restore settings to/from registry (I am not a big fan of Windows registry but it is a common way to saving settings).
5. All dialogs can be resized and the main dialog has a sash to resize the panels.
6. All list dialogs support column sorting.
7. All list dialogs can export to CSV file.
8. The 'located' list can contain both files and directories (and the dialog is not modal, I also hate modal dialogs).
9. Right click on 'located' files and you can launch DOS cmd.exe, or windows Explorer.
10. Filter rules support file selection via extension, directory by name or wildcards for both files and directories
11. Built-in support to register VStudioCleaner as add-on for folders. When registered, and you right click on a folder you
will see VStudioCleaner as a choice to clean that directory.
12. Options menu supports launching RegEdit to show current saved settings or shell registration.
How to Use:
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To use VStudioCleaner you need to set the search Path to one or more directories and select one or more filters.
The search "path" can be set by either typing in the path, cut&paste a path or using the Path... button to browse and select a path.
If you need to specify multiple paths, you cannot use the "Path..." button because it does not append, it only knows how to set the
search path. Multiple directory (folder) paths are specified by separating them by semicolon, as in:
c:\dir1;c:\dir2\subdir1;d;\dir3\subdir2;e:\
You set your filters by either 'checking' or 'unchecking' the built-in filters or by adding your own.
Once the search "Path" and "Filters" are set, press the "Locate" button to build up a list of files and directories.
The resulting list will appear in its own dialog. You can sort the various columns (why, directory, file, extension, size) and
right-click to remove files from the list. The right-click remove action only removes the names from the list, it does not
remove anything from your computer. Once you have your list of files pruned down to those you want to delete from your computer,
you can press the "delete" button. Please see Warning notice below.
Filters:
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Filters are patterns used to select directories and files.
Filters fall into three categories:
1. Directory names, match directory and select all files and subdirectories
2. File extensions, matches files
3. Wildcard, matches directories and files
Directory filters must end in a back slash. Example: debug\
Directory filters only match on directory names and cause the directory and all of its subdirectories and files to be selected.
File extension must start with a decimal point. Example: .obj
File extension filter only matches files.
Wildcard is a collection of characters with one or more wildcard character '*'.
Each wildcard can appear multiple times.
* matches zero or more characters.
Example: Connect*.xml
Example: *foo*bar.*
The wildcard filter is tested against the fulll file or directory path so it is common for
all wildcard patterns to start with * to match any prefix of disk drive letters and
directories.
Example
Pattern Test Against Results
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foo* foobarcar match
foo* carbarfoo no match
*foo carbarfoo match
*foo c:\alpha\beta\foo match
*foo\bin\* foo\junk no match
*foo\bin\* foo\bin\ match
*foo\bin\* c:\alpha\foo\bin\ match
*\bin\*.obj c:\foo\bar\bin\car.obj match
*\bin\*.o* c:\foo\bar\bin\car.old match
*\bin\*.o* d:\bin\junk.obj match
A filter can contain one or more filters separated by semicolons.
Example: Connect*.xml;.obj;obj\
Use "Add" and "Delete" buttons to manage your collection of filter rules.
Double click on a row to change its value.
Right click if you want to Export the filter rules as CSV
Bookmarks:
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Use the bookmarks to memorize a set of filter rule checkmark states and Path setting.
Use the bookmark Add button to add a new bookmark to remember the current settings.
Double Click on a bookmark to activate its settings.
Press the 'Set' button to refresh the current state of a selected bookmark to the current list of
active filter rules and Path.
Keyboard:
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Control-A to select entire List
Space to toggle check boxes
Delete key to delete selected items or item under mouse
Up/Down to navigate up/down list and select row.
Warning:
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No undo to restore items removed from a list or any undo to restored DELETED files or directories.
Deleted files and directories will not appear in your recycle bin so you have no way to undo your deletions.
Copyright:
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Feel free to use source code as-is or modified.
Please give me credit if you use the source code.
I offer no support or protection from any problems created by this code.
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