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PatchCleaner

By HomeDev Free

Key Details of PatchCleaner

  • Clean up Windows Installer directory and free up disk space
  • Last updated on 03/06/16
  • There have been 0 updates within the past 6 months
  • The current version has 4 flags on VirusTotal badge_icon

Developer's Description

PatchCleaner is a utility designed to clean up Windows Installer directory and free up disk space. When applications are installed and updated on the Windows Operating System a hidden directory "c:\Windows\Installer" is used to store the installer (.
msi) files and the patch (msp) files. These files are important as during updating, patching or uninstalling software. If you blanketly delete all the files in this folder, you will find yourself needing to rebuild windows. Over time as your computer is patched and patched again, these installer files become outdated and orphaned. They are no longer required, but they can take up many gigabytes of data. PatchCleaner identifies these redundant/orphaned files and allows you to either, move them to another location; or Delete them. You will reclaim GB's of space. Most users of older machines reclaim between 5Gb and 10Gb, the best I have seen reported is over 20 Gb.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 1.4.2

Version 1.4.2:
  • Fix for object not found crash in UI.
  • Fix for crash on Cannot convert Null to System.DateTime
  • Error handling for vbScript not configured on PC.
  • Fix for duplicate patch files appearing
  • UI enhancement for missing files.

General

Release March 3, 2016
Date Added March 6, 2016
Version 1.4.2

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7
Additional Requirements .NET Framework 4.5.2

Popularity

Total Downloads 339,055
Downloads Last Week 402
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