SOLVED Autoexec.bat

[Gylenthal Georges]

In a far past, when most computers were running on DOS, I wrote an extension to Autoexec.bat that clean the hard-disks of all clogging files before shitting down the computer.

Now, with Windows 10, my "Temp" directories are filled with all kind of crap that keep using disk space and slowing down the system.
Unfortunately, Autoexec.bat is not used anymore by Windows 10 and I need to clean my hard disk manually before I turn it off.

Windows offers a disk cleanup where one can select what files to delete (including the Recycle Bin) but that has to be done manually also.

Is there any way to call Disk Cleanup or a kind of batch file to delete the Temp directories when shutting off the computer?
Eventually a kind of batch file that can be run periodically?

TIA

 

[Regedit32]

You could write a script and create a Task to execute that script via Task Scheduler, and set that task to run either at a certain time each day, or at regular intervals, or based upon an action [ e.g. upon shutdown ]. That though would slow the shut down.

Why not just use the built in Windows settings:

• Press windows key + I to open the Settings window
• Now click System, then on left pane click Storage
• Then click the trash can icon next to Temporary files to delete

That takes all of 10 seconds.

 

[Tim Locke]

I must admit that I would just buy a bigger SSD and ignore the problem!

 

[Grizzly]

Why not use storage sense which comes with Windows 10??

This is my setting:

and it works just fine. I hardly have to clean my SSD anymore (Diskclean)...

 

[Gylenthal Georges]

Why not use storage sense which comes with Windows 10??

This is my setting:

View attachment 10829

and it works just fine. I hardly have to clean my SSD anymore (Diskclean)...

Thank you for this solution.
Didn't know this was built in Windows.
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