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Clean up temp files remotely – Version 2

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by Steve Wiseman on April 17, 2014 · 5 comments

in Network Administrator Updates


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A few months ago we released a new version of Network Administrator that had the ability to clean temp files out of user profiles, and the system temp folder:

Temp file cleanup pluging

A good friend named Rob emailed me about an issue he was having – it seems that the plugin did not always clean out all of the files and folders in temp

After some digging, it seems we had a misplaced “On Error Resume Next” in the VB Script.

We fixed that, and then improved the output to include a total:

Delete Temp Plugin Action

Get the latest version of Network Administrator from here:

Network Administrator Download

If you already have it installed, just install this version right over it to update.

One thing to take note of – for the remote capability to work you are going to need to open the admin share on remote machines.

These articles will help you out with that:

Windows XP:

http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2008/12/enabling-file-and-printer-sharing-in-windows-xp/

Windows Vista, 2008:

http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2008/12/enabling-file-and-printer-sharing-in-vista/

Windows 7, 2008 R2:

http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2009/08/windows-7-the-admin-share/

Windows 8, 2012:

http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2012/10/windows-8-enable-the-admin-share/

From a script on any version of windows (Must run as administrator):

Enable the admin share from a script

With Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 – Make sure you make the registry change noted in those articles, or you will get an access denied

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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Tim S April 20, 2014 at 11:06 pm

Thanks for the update. This is a great way to clear up some space. Especially on our terminal servers with users that never come back again to login

2 Jennifer April 23, 2014 at 1:15 am

What about IE and other browser temp files? Those seem to take up a bunch of space too.

3 Mike Lundquist April 23, 2014 at 2:23 am

Steve,

I bought Network Administrator 3 months ago. How to I update with this version?

4 Steve Wiseman April 24, 2014 at 11:08 pm

Hello Jennifer,

That is something we are looking into for the next build of that plugin. It is a little more difficult because some browser versions store their temp in different places.

5 Steve Wiseman April 24, 2014 at 11:10 pm

Hi Mike,

Just make sure Network Administrator is closed, and then install right over it. It will automatically update.

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