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Restart "explorer.exe" & clean the Icon cache, Thumbnail cache & Recycle bin
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@ECHO OFF | |
SETLOCAL | |
GOTO :MAIN | |
:SLEEP Function | |
"%WINDIR%\System32\timeout.exe" %1 1>NUL 2>&1 | |
GOTO :EOF | |
REM ============================================================= | |
:MAIN | |
SET "EXPLORERDATA=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" | |
REM ============================================================= | |
@ECHO ^> Stopping Explorer | |
"%WINDIR%\System32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM explorer.exe | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
REM ============================================================= | |
@ECHO. | |
@ECHO ^> Clearing Explorer Cache | |
REM =====[ Icon Cache ]========================================== | |
"%WINDIR%\System32\ie4uinit.exe" -show | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
"%WINDIR%\System32\attrib.exe" -h %LOCALAPPDATA%\IconCache.db | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
DEL /F /Q %LOCALAPPDATA%\IconCache.db | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
DEL /F /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\iconcache*.db | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
IF EXIST %EXPLORERDATA%\IconCacheToDelete ( | |
DEL /F /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\IconCacheToDelete\* | |
RMDIR /S /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\IconCacheToDelete | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
) | |
REM =====[ Thumbnail Cache ]===================================== | |
DEL /F /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\thumbcache*.db | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
IF EXIST %EXPLORERDATA%\ThumbCacheToDelete ( | |
DEL /F /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\ThumbCacheToDelete\* | |
RMDIR /S /Q %EXPLORERDATA%\ThumbCacheToDelete | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
) | |
REM =====[ Recycle Bin ]========================================= | |
RMDIR /S /Q %SYSTEMDRIVE%\$Recycle.bin | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
ENDLOCAL | |
REM ============================================================= | |
@ECHO. | |
@ECHO ^> Starting Explorer | |
START %WINDIR%\explorer.exe | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 | |
REM ============================================================= | |
@ECHO ^> Finished Restarting "explorer.exe" Process! | |
"%WINDIR%\System32\msg.exe" "%USERNAME%" /time:2.5 /server:localhost "Explorer Restarted!" | |
CALL :SLEEP 1 |
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