WinTidy - Identify and Remove Unwanted Files

WinTidy helps you control disk space usage.  There are many programs that 
generate backup files that can be safely deleted once a project has been 
completed, and program developers may wish to delete those "intermediate" 
files and pre-compiled headers that typically clutter up C++ or Delphi 
projects.  WinTidy identifies these files, and will allow you to try and 
delete them.  It does *not* delete the files automatically.

   ========================== WARNING ==============================
    You accept any resonsibility for deleting files on your system.
     Take a backup if you are at all uncertain what you are doing!
   ========================== WARNING ==============================

Usage:

Extract WinTidy.exe from the zip file to a convenient location, and run it!
WinTidy uses no other DLLs, or registry entries.  Optionally, if you make an
icon or shortcut for WinTidy, you can have one parameter which causes the 
initial directory to be preset to that parameter.  You must still press the 
Find button, though, to scan for unwanted files.  The files are presented in 
a list box in size order, so you can concentrate on removing the biggest 
files first.  Maximum results for minimum effort!  Select the files you want 
to delete in the list box, and then press the Delete button.

What files are "unwanted"?

As supplied, the program regards the following files as unwanted.  To change
this requires re-compilation.  I deliberately chose this way of doing things
as it is more difficult to recompile than to simply edit an INI file.

   *.tmp    ~*.*     *.~*     *.?~?    
   *.aps    *.bak    *.bk?    *.bsc
   *.dmp    *.dsm    *.ilk    *.pch    
   *.rws    *.sbr    *.$$$    backup*.wbk

There is also an option to be rather more agressive in selecting files, when
you are getting really desparate for space.  This seeks out Windows 95 and NT
help file searching add-ons, the .FTS and .GID files.  These can be recreated
by Windows when required.

To recover more disk space, you may also want to empty the cache of any Web
browsers you have, particularly if you have one installed and it's no longer 
in use, and if you run both Windows 95 and NT, you might want to delete NT's 
PAGEFILE.SYS in 95's autoexec.bat, and 95's WIN386.SWP in NT's autoexec.nt.

Notes:

The program is written with Borland's Delphi 2.0, and full source is 
included.  You do not need access to Delphi 2.0 to run WinTidy. The program 
runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51/4.0.

Contacting the author:

This program is placed in the public domain, but remains copyright of
David Taylor, Edinburgh, 1996.  This program is provided "as is", without 
any support.  Whilst I cannot answer queries relating to the use of this 
program, I'd welcome any comments or suggestions for improvements you may 
have.


david.taylor@gecm.com
1996 May 26