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- Function Start-Cleanup {
- <#
- .SYNOPSIS
- Automate cleaning up a C:\ drive with low disk space
- .DESCRIPTION
- Cleans the C: drive's Window Temperary files, Windows SoftwareDistribution folder,
- the local users Temperary folder, IIS logs(if applicable) and empties the recycling bin.
- All deleted files will go into a log transcript in $env:TEMP. By default this
- script leaves files that are newer than 7 days old however this variable can be edited.
- .EXAMPLE
- PS C:\> .\Start-Cleanup.ps1
- Save the file to your hard drive with a .PS1 extention and run the file from an elavated PowerShell prompt.
- .NOTES
- This script will typically clean up anywhere from 1GB up to 15GB of space from a C: drive.
- .FUNCTIONALITY
- PowerShell v3+
- #>
- ## Allows the use of -WhatIf
- [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True)]
- param(
- ## Delete data older then $daystodelete
- [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=0)]
- $DaysToDelete = 7,
- ## LogFile path for the transcript to be written to
- [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=1)]
- $LogFile = ("$env:TEMP\" + (get-date -format "MM-d-yy-HH-mm") + '.log'),
- ## All verbose outputs will get logged in the transcript($logFile)
- [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=2)]
- $VerbosePreference = "Continue",
- ## All errors should be withheld from the console
- [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=3)]
- $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
- )
- ## Begin the timer
- $Starters = (Get-Date)
- ## Check $VerbosePreference variable, and turns -Verbose on
- Function global:Write-Verbose ( [string]$Message ) {
- if ( $VerbosePreference -ne 'SilentlyContinue' ) {
- Write-Host "$Message" -ForegroundColor 'Green'
- }
- }
- ## Tests if the log file already exists and renames the old file if it does exist
- if(Test-Path $LogFile){
- ## Renames the log to be .old
- Rename-Item $LogFile $LogFile.old -Verbose -Force
- } else {
- ## Starts a transcript in C:\temp so you can see which files were deleted
- Write-Host (Start-Transcript -Path $LogFile) -ForegroundColor Green
- }
- ## Writes a verbose output to the screen for user information
- Write-Host "Retriving current disk percent free for comparison once the script has completed. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Gathers the amount of disk space used before running the script
- $Before = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk | Where-Object { $_.DriveType -eq "3" } | Select-Object SystemName,
- @{ Name = "Drive" ; Expression = { ( $_.DeviceID ) } },
- @{ Name = "Size (GB)" ; Expression = {"{0:N1}" -f ( $_.Size / 1gb)}},
- @{ Name = "FreeSpace (GB)" ; Expression = {"{0:N1}" -f ( $_.Freespace / 1gb ) } },
- @{ Name = "PercentFree" ; Expression = {"{0:P1}" -f ( $_.FreeSpace / $_.Size ) } } |
- Format-Table -AutoSize |
- Out-String
- ## Stops the windows update service so that c:\windows\softwaredistribution can be cleaned up
- Get-Service -Name wuauserv | Stop-Service -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- # Sets the SCCM cache size to 1 GB if it exists.
- if ((Get-WmiObject -namespace root\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent -class CacheConfig) -ne "$null"){
- # if data is returned and sccm cache is configured it will shrink the size to 1024MB.
- $cache = Get-WmiObject -namespace root\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent -class CacheConfig
- $Cache.size = 1024 | Out-Null
- $Cache.Put() | Out-Null
- Restart-Service ccmexec -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
- }
- ## Deletes the contents of windows software distribution.
- Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Item -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- Write-Host "The Contents of Windows SoftwareDistribution have been removed successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Deletes the contents of the Windows Temp folder.
- Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -Recurse -Force -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- Where-Object { ($_.CreationTime -lt $(Get-Date).AddDays( - $DaysToDelete)) } | Remove-Item -force -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- Write-host "The Contents of Windows Temp have been removed successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Deletes all files and folders in user's Temp folder older then $DaysToDelete
- Get-ChildItem "C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- Where-Object { ($_.CreationTime -lt $(Get-Date).AddDays( - $DaysToDelete))} |
- Remove-Item -force -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- Write-Host "The contents of `$env:TEMP have been removed successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Removes all files and folders in user's Temporary Internet Files older then $DaysToDelete
- Get-ChildItem "C:\users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*" `
- -Recurse -Force -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- Where-Object {($_.CreationTime -lt $(Get-Date).AddDays( - $DaysToDelete))} |
- Remove-Item -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- Write-Host "All Temporary Internet Files have been removed successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Removes *.log from C:\windows\CBS
- if(Test-Path C:\Windows\logs\CBS\){
- Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\logs\CBS\*.log" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- remove-item -force -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose
- Write-Host "All CBS logs have been removed successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\ does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans IIS Logs older then $DaysToDelete
- if (Test-Path C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\) {
- Get-ChildItem "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- Where-Object { ($_.CreationTime -lt $(Get-Date).AddDays(-60)) } | Remove-Item -Force -Verbose -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- Write-Host "All IIS Logfiles over $DaysToDelete days old have been removed Successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- else {
- Write-Host "C:\Windows\logs\CBS\ does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes C:\Config.Msi
- if (test-path C:\Config.Msi){
- remove-item -Path C:\Config.Msi -force -recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Config.Msi does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes c:\Intel
- if (test-path c:\Intel){
- remove-item -Path c:\Intel -force -recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "c:\Intel does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes c:\PerfLogs
- if (test-path c:\PerfLogs){
- remove-item -Path c:\PerfLogs -force -recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "c:\PerfLogs does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes $env:windir\memory.dmp
- if (test-path $env:windir\memory.dmp){
- remove-item $env:windir\memory.dmp -force -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Windows\memory.dmp does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes rouge folders
- Write-host "Deleting Rouge folders " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Removes Windows Error Reporting files
- if (test-path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER){
- Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER -Recurse | Remove-Item -force -recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- Write-host "Deleting Windows Error Reporting files " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Removes System and User Temp Files - lots of access denied will occur.
- ## Cleans up c:\windows\temp
- if (Test-Path $env:windir\Temp\) {
- Remove-Item -Path "$env:windir\Temp\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Windows\Temp does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up minidump
- if (Test-Path $env:windir\minidump\) {
- Remove-Item -Path "$env:windir\minidump\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "$env:windir\minidump\ does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up prefetch
- if (Test-Path $env:windir\Prefetch\) {
- Remove-Item -Path "$env:windir\Prefetch\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "$env:windir\Prefetch\ does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up each users temp folder
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\ does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up all users windows error reporting
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up users temporary internet files
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up Internet Explorer cache
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatCache\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatCache\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatCache\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up Internet Explorer cache
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatUaCache\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatUaCache\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IECompatUaCache\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up Internet Explorer download history
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IEDownloadHistory\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IEDownloadHistory\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\IEDownloadHistory\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up Internet Cache
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up Internet Cookies
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Cleans up terminal server cache
- if (Test-Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache\") {
- Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache\*" -Force -Recurse -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache\ does not exist. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- Write-host "Removing System and User Temp Files " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- ## Removes the hidden recycling bin.
- if (Test-path 'C:\$Recycle.Bin'){
- Remove-Item 'C:\$Recycle.Bin' -Recurse -Force -Verbose -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- } else {
- Write-Host "C:\`$Recycle.Bin does not exist, there is nothing to cleanup. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkGray
- Write-Host "[WARNING]" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Turns errors back on
- $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
- ## Checks the version of PowerShell
- ## If PowerShell version 4 or below is installed the following will process
- if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -le 4) {
- ## Empties the recycling bin, the desktop recyling bin
- $Recycler = (New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application).NameSpace(0xa)
- $Recycler.items() | ForEach-Object {
- ## If PowerShell version 4 or bewlow is installed the following will process
- Remove-Item -Include $_.path -Force -Recurse -Verbose
- Write-Host "The recycling bin has been cleaned up successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- } elseif ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 5) {
- ## If PowerShell version 5 is running on the machine the following will process
- Clear-RecycleBin -DriveLetter C:\ -Force -Verbose
- Write-Host "The recycling bin has been cleaned up successfully! " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- ## Starts cleanmgr.exe
- Function Start-CleanMGR {
- Try{
- Write-Host "Windows Disk Cleanup is running. " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Start-Process -FilePath Cleanmgr -ArgumentList '/sagerun:1' -Wait -Verbose
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- Catch [System.Exception]{
- Write-host "cleanmgr is not installed! To use this portion of the script you must install the following windows features:" -ForegroundColor Red -NoNewline
- Write-host "[ERROR]" -ForegroundColor Red -BackgroundColor black
- }
- } Start-CleanMGR
- ## gathers disk usage after running the cleanup cmdlets.
- $After = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk | Where-Object { $_.DriveType -eq "3" } | Select-Object SystemName,
- @{ Name = "Drive" ; Expression = { ( $_.DeviceID ) } },
- @{ Name = "Size (GB)" ; Expression = {"{0:N1}" -f ( $_.Size / 1gb)}},
- @{ Name = "FreeSpace (GB)" ; Expression = {"{0:N1}" -f ( $_.Freespace / 1gb ) } },
- @{ Name = "PercentFree" ; Expression = {"{0:P1}" -f ( $_.FreeSpace / $_.Size ) } } |
- Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String
- ## Restarts wuauserv
- Get-Service -Name wuauserv | Start-Service -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
- ## Stop timer
- $Enders = (Get-Date)
- ## Calculate amount of seconds your code takes to complete.
- Write-Verbose "Elapsed Time: $(($Enders - $Starters).totalseconds) seconds
- "
- ## Sends hostname to the console for ticketing purposes.
- Write-Host (Hostname) -ForegroundColor Green
- ## Sends the date and time to the console for ticketing purposes.
- Write-Host (Get-Date | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DateTime) -ForegroundColor Green
- ## Sends the disk usage before running the cleanup script to the console for ticketing purposes.
- Write-Verbose "
- Before: $Before"
- ## Sends the disk usage after running the cleanup script to the console for ticketing purposes.
- Write-Verbose "After: $After"
- ## Prompt to scan for large ISO, VHD, VHDX files.
- Function PromptforScan {
- param(
- $ScanPath,
- $title = (Write-Host "Search for large files" -ForegroundColor Green),
- $message = (Write-Host "Would you like to scan $ScanPath for ISOs or VHD(X) files?" -ForegroundColor Green)
- )
- $yes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&Yes", "Scans $ScanPath for large files."
- $no = New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription "&No", "Skips scanning $ScanPath for large files."
- $options = [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]($yes, $no)
- $prompt = $host.ui.PromptForChoice($title, $message, $options, 0)
- switch ($prompt) {
- 0 {
- Write-Host "Scanning $ScanPath for any large .ISO and or .VHD\.VHDX files per the Administrators request." -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Verbose ( Get-ChildItem -Path $ScanPath -Include *.iso, *.vhd, *.vhdx -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
- Sort-Object Length -Descending | Select-Object Name, Directory,
- @{Name = "Size (GB)"; Expression = { "{0:N2}" -f ($_.Length / 1GB) }} | Format-Table |
- Out-String -verbose )
- }
- 1 {
- Write-Host "The Administrator chose to not scan $ScanPath for large files." -ForegroundColor DarkYellow -Verbose
- }
- }
- }
- PromptforScan -ScanPath C:\ # end of function
- ## Completed Successfully!
- Write-Host (Stop-Transcript) -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-host "
- Script finished " -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green
- Write-Host "[DONE]" -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black
- }
- Start-Cleanup
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