🧹 TempCleaner v0.3.0 – PowerShell Edition

A modern PowerShell-based cleaner with interactive presets, per-run logs, and a friendlier UI.
Fast, offline, and still telemetry-free — unzip it, run Run-TempCleaner.bat, and you’re good to go.

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✨ Features

• 🧠 Preset-driven UX

  • Basic, Full, or Custom modes
  • Guided interactive menu
  • Remembers your last-used preset for future runs

• 🕒 Per-run logging

  • Each run writes a timestamped log under logs/
  • Includes a summary of estimated space freed
  • Easy to audit what happened and when

• 🧮 Visual feedback

  • Live ASCII progress bars for each cleanup target
  • Color-coded end summary:
    • ✅ Cleaned
    • ⚠️ Skipped
    • 🔒 Locked

• 🔐 Safety-first

  • Full -WhatIf support for safe dry-runs
  • Strict protection against root paths
  • Optional thumbnail cleanup; Explorer is only restarted when needed

• 🔔 Quality-of-life extras

  • Desktop notifications on completion
  • Update-check hook (optional)
  • Silent automation switches
  • Launcher BAT that uses ExecutionPolicy Bypass so you don’t have to change system-wide settings

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⚙️ Configuration

On first interactive run:

• Pick your preset (Basic / Full / Custom)
• TempCleaner saves it to TempCleaner.config.json

You can:

• Edit TempCleaner.config.json manually, or
• Pass switches such as:
  • -DetailedLog
  • -SkipThumbnails
  • -Silent

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📁 Quick-start files

File	Purpose
TempCleaner.ps1	Main PowerShell script
Run-TempCleaner.bat	Launch helper (PowerShell with ExecutionPolicy Bypass)
logs/cleanup_*.log	Timestamped run history

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🧼 Cleaned locations

Target	Description
%TEMP%	User temp files
C:\Windows\Temp	System temp files
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download	Windows Update cache
C:\Windows\Minidump	Memory dumps
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache	Edge/IE cache
(Optional) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer	Thumbnail cache

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🪟 Usage

Interactive setup

1. Extract the ZIP so the BAT and PS1 are in the same folder.
2. Double-click Run-TempCleaner.bat.
3. Choose Basic / Full / Custom and optionally save as default.
4. Review the on-screen summary (log path is printed at the end).

Silent / scheduled

:: Safe dry-run
Run-TempCleaner.bat -Silent -WhatIf

:: Real cleanup
Run-TempCleaner.bat -Silent

You can also call PowerShell directly if your policy allows:

pwsh.exe -File .\TempCleaner.ps1 -Silent -WhatIf

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🧱 Safety

• Refuses to operate on root paths (C:\, D:\, \, etc.)
• Only deletes within predefined temp/cache directories
• Honors PowerShell -WhatIf for simulations and logs every action
• Fully offline by default: no installers, no telemetry; only an optional version-check JSON

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🗓️ Version history

Version	Changes
v0.1	Initial prototype – basic temp file cleanup
v0.2.0	Configurable batch script with silent/detailed flags and stronger safety checks
v0.3.0	PowerShell edition with presets, per-run log folder, progress UI, launcher BAT, and more