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What scripts do you use to clean up hard drive space on your Windows machines?

I’m exploring the automating of freeing up hard drive space on our Windows pcs using Kace SMA (k1000) scripting. Are there scripts any of you have used yourself or would recommend to one looking to free up HD space on remote (kace agent) machines?


Thanks for your time.



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Posted by: Nico_K 10 months ago
Red Belt
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this runs once a month on all (windows) machines:

  1. Launch “$(KACE_SYS_DIR)\cmd.exe” with params “/c rd c:\windows\temp\* /s /q”.trashcan-icon.png
  2. Launch “$(KACE_SYS_DIR)\cmd.exe” with params “/c rd $(KACE_DATA_DIR)\patches\* /s /q

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  • I'm trying to set this up but keeps failing. Just a normal "Launch a program"? How do I set this script up? - bkieft 9 months ago
Posted by: rodwyer 10 months ago
Senior Yellow Belt
1

Nice. That gives me a good entry point and a model to add further scripts. Thanks!

Posted by: JordanNolan 10 months ago
10th Degree Black Belt
0

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I do something similar, but use a GPO.  I use the Shutdown event for computer and LogOff event for user so I do not clear any temp files in use:

Under Computer -> Policy -> Windows Settings -> Scripts I have a Shutdown.bat script

del /q "C:\Windows\Temp\*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("C:\Windows\Temp\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q

Under User -> Policy -> Windows Settings -> Logoff I have a Logoff.bat script

del /q "%localappdata%\Temp\*"
FOR /D %%p IN ("%localappdata%\Temp\*.*") DO rmdir "%%p" /s /q

I also have a scheduled task set to run monthly to perform a diskcheck.
CMD.exe /c "ECHO Y|chkdsk c: /f"(You need the ECHO Y to tell the chkdsk command Yes to perform the check on the next reboot)
Posted by: rodwyer 10 months ago
Senior Yellow Belt
0

Thanks JordanNolan! I tried using some of your script with my Kace script but it appears that the variable localappdata doesn't map to the logged in user on the pc but runs in the kace folder. Heh, maybe that's why you run it via GPO instead of directly from Kace?


Otherwise I used it and will run it entering the full path sans variables but if said path doesn't match with some users it won't obvious work then. Hmm..



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  • Hi Rodwyer,

    Yes, that is why I use the GPO. When running the scripts, be sure you keep in mind the perspective of how the script is being run. When running the User settings of a GPO, the %localappdata% variable is from the perspective of the user and will be:

    C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local

    When the a Kace script is running the default is the System account so the the localappdata folder will be:

    C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local

    If you change the script settings so it is only run with Windows clients and set the script to run as Logged-In User, the %localappdata% variable will run correctly. - JordanNolan 10 months ago
Posted by: MikeC: 10 months ago
White Belt
0

Do you have a ton of old user profiles that you could delete? I've got a GPO set to delete old profiles after X days on select computers. Admin Templates -> System/User Profiles -> Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days. Might not work for you, but worth mentioning.

 
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