Right-button Command to Remove Extra VS Files

Environment: NT, will work on 9x with modification.

You'll notice that in most of the .zip files you download with code from sites like codeguru include a .ncb file.

This is where Visual Studio stores its state information; stuff like what files you have open. Most of the time, the rest of the world isn't interested! And most of the time, the .zip files are up to 50% smaller without them!

Rather than having to remember to go through your project directory and clean it manually for release, why not right-click the folder and make your computer do the hard work?

This is a self-extracting batch file that adds two commands to the right-click menu for folders in the Windows shell. It's been written and tested under Windows 2000. You'll need to run it as Administrator. It creates (program files)\folder-clean, puts in two batch files, and adds the necessary registry keys to enable it.

The two commands are:

For release leave exe

(unnecessary Visual Studio files)

• aps
• clw
• ncb
• opt
• plg

  (intermediate files)

• obj
• pch
• exp
• sbr
• bsc
• ilk
• lib
• pdb
• res
• idb

  (executable and DLL files are not removed)

For release clean

(executable and DLL files)

• exe
• dll

Here is the source code of the installer/self-extractor:

@echo off
rem only tested on NT 5
set instdir=%ProgramFiles%\folder-clean

set regfile=%TEMP%\fclean.reg
set reginstdir=%instdir:\=\\%

echo Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 >%regfile%
echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\For release clean\command] 
>>%regfile%
echo @="\"%reginstdir%\\clnrmexe.bat\" \"%%1\"" >>%regfile%
echo [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\For release leave exe\command] 
>>%regfile%
echo @="\"%reginstdir%\\cleanrel.bat\" \"%%1\"" >>%regfile%

set filename1=%TEMP%\cleanrel.bat
set filename2=%TEMP%\clnrmexe.bat
rem vstudio files
echo del /s %%1\*.aps >%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.clw >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.ncb >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.opt >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.plg >>%filename1%
rem intermediate files
echo del /s %%1\*.obj >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.pch >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.exp >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.sbr >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.bsc >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.ilk >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.lib >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.pdb >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.res >>%filename1%
echo del /s %%1\*.idb >>%filename1%

rem exe etc
copy %filename1% %filename2%
echo del /s %%1\*.exe >>%filename2%
echo del /s %%1\*.dll >>%filename2%
echo del /s %%1\*.hlp >>%filename2%

mkdir "%instdir%"
copy %filename1% "%instdir%"
copy %filename2% "%instdir%"
%regfile%

del %filename1%
del %filename2%
del %regfile%

Downloads

CODEGURU CAUTION: This utility DELETES files