This tip is for Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Back in the days of yore \u2014 i.e. DOS \u2014 batch files were used by geeks to do all sorts of things \u2013 including some bad things. Batch files are still as powerful as ever. Geeks use them but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re hard to create. Actually, they are very easy to make. All you need to make one is Notepad, a little code, and a little patience.<\/span><\/p>\n So open Notepad right now. Press and hold down the Windows Key \u2014 then press the R key. In the command line type Notepad and press Enter. Now that Notepad is open copy and paste the following line (or if you\u2019re a masochist you can type it all in but don\u2019t forget the space after exe and before the slash\u2026):<\/span><\/p>\n c:\\windows\\system32\\cleanmgr.exe \/dc<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Now, and this is VERY important! Make sure you select \u201cAll files\u201d in Notepad\u2019s \u201cSave as type:\u201d dialog. If you leave it set as \u201cText Documents\u201d- your batch file won\u2019t work, because text files cannot execute. (See the helpful image below.)<\/span><\/p>\n Now that you have Save as type \u201cAll files\u201d chosen, save your file as <\/span><\/p>\n cleanup.bat<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Saving it to your desktop is convenient because it\u2019s right there where you can see it. Amaze your friends! Even your enemies! <\/span><\/p>\n You are now a geek \u2013 you just created a real Windows program!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Clean Up Your PC With a Batch File This tip is for Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11 Back in the days of yore \u2014 i.e. DOS \u2014 batch files were used by geeks to do all sorts of things \u2013 including some bad things. Batch files are still as powerful as ever. Geeks use\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,10],"tags":[3828],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24109,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24105\/revisions\/24109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Windows](\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/batchhead.png\")
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