OLLI_S Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Hello, I am using CCleaner 5.25.5902 (64 Bit). When I clean my system then not all NVIDIA Installer files are deleted although this option is selected. The following folders still contain data (in total 10,5 GB): C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2 (5,0 GB) C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Downloader (5,4 GB) I thought that these files are NVIDIA Installer files and that they are cleaned by CCleaner? Regards OLLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 - What was the size of the files before cleaning ? - Perhaps those files are/were "locked" ? Can you clean them after a restart of your system ? System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 11, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2017 I actually looked into this myself. The NVIDIA Install Files entry seems to point to folders that don't exist anymore. Seems to be an old entry, I have created a new (updated entry) and submitted it. Hopefully it will get approved and in the new update. [NVIDIA Install Files] ID=2357 LangSecRef=3024 Detect=HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation Default=True FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\NVIDIA|*.*|REMOVESELF FileKey2=%SystemDrive%\NV|*.*|REMOVESELF nVidia drivers no longer installs to the C: drive. It goes in Program Files and ProgramData. BTW, thank you for the heads up. Plus, I haven't messed with the entries in years. I was a little rusty. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLLI_S Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hello, - What was the size of the files before cleaning ? - Perhaps those files are/were "locked" ? Can you clean them after a restart of your system ? @Willy2 Before cleaning I always Analyze my system Here I saw that 0 Byres were found for "NVIDIA Installer files". I actually looked into this myself. The NVIDIA Install Files entry seems to point to folders that don't exist anymore. Seems to be an old entry, I have created a new (updated entry) and submitted it. Hopefully it will get approved and in the new update. [NVIDIA Install Files] ID=2357 LangSecRef=3024 Detect=HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation Default=True FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\NVIDIA|*.*|REMOVESELF FileKey2=%SystemDrive%\NV|*.*|REMOVESELF nVidia drivers no longer install to the C: drive. It goes in Program Files and ProgramData. BTW, thank you for the heads up. Plus, I haven't messed with the entries in years. I was a little rusty. @TwistedMetal Is that entry that you posted above the OLD or your NEW entry? Where can these entries be found in CCleaner (there is no INI file). Regards OLLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 12, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2017 You have to extract them with a command line parameter. /EXPORT https://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/advanced-usage/command-line-parameters Old Entry [NVIDIA Install Files] ID=2357 LangSecRef=3024 Detect=HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation Default=True FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\NVIDIA|*.*|REMOVESELF FileKey2=%SystemDrive%\NV|*.*|REMOVESELF New Entry [NVIDIA Install Files] ID=2357 LangSecRef=3024 Detect=HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation Default=True FileKey1=%ProgramFiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2|*.*|RECURSE FileKey2=%ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\Downloader|*.*|RECURSE FileKey3=%ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\CrashDumps|*.*|RECURSE Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLLI_S Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hello TwistedMetal, just to give you some results from my system: %ProgramFiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2: 4,92 GB %ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\Downloader: 5,40 GB %ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\Crash Dumps folder does not exist (the correct subfolder is "CrashDumps" without the blank) so maybe you add both versions (with blank and without blank) So in total 10,32 GB are freed when you add the new NVIDIA folders Important Question: will your changes also be applied to CCleaner Cloud? Regards OLLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 12, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2017 You are right, it's CrashDumps. It will be up to the official Piriform staff, if they use that new entry or not. As far as the cloud goes. I have no information on that, that is beyond me. I don't work for Piriform (technically), I just help out. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLLI_S Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hello TwistedMetal, for CCleaner Cloud I created a support ticket and linked to this forums posting. I asked them to fix this issue in CCleaner Cloud too. Thank you for your posting the correct folders so the CCleaner staff can use them. Regards OLLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 12, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2017 Your welcome. Just glad I could help out. Thanks for posting about the issue, we would have never realized that the entry didn't work. Thank you for being a loyal CCleaner user and forum member. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdbane Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 removing \Installer2 folder will cause nvidia driver cannot be uninstall without reinstalling first even in winapp2.ini, the entry for cleaning \Installer2 folder removed the old entry still valid cause the installer will first extract all file to %SystemDrive%\NVIDIA before launching the installer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 14, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 14, 2017 [NVIDIA Install Files] ID=2357 LangSecRef=3024 Detect=HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation Default=True FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\NVIDIA|*.*|REMOVESELF FileKey2=%ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\Downloader|*.*|RECURSE FileKey3=%ProgramData%\NVIDIA Corporation\CrashDumps|*.*|RECURSE That one should ok then to use. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLLI_S Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Hello TwistedMetal, FileKey1=%SystemDrive%\NVIDIA|*.*|REMOVESELF If I get that right this line is from the OLD entry, right? The folder c:\NVIDIA (assuming my system drive is c:) does not exist. Please tell me why you added it again. If you exclude the folder C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation then 5 GB of crap files are not cleaned. If I look in this folder and sort by date then I see that there are 23 folders with the date 06th January. Next there 11 folders with the date 14th December. So if you could tell CCleaner and also CCleaner Cloud to remove everything except the folders with the newest date (I would call this "the last version") than this would be perfect. Maybe it is necessary to keep "the last version" and the "version before the last version" (so you have the last 2 versions). I asked in the NVIDIA Forums some days ago what files can safely be deleted, but did get no answer yet. As soon as I get an answer, I will post it here. Regards OLLI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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