Visual C++ intermediate files / folders cleaner
September 8, 2010 3 Comments
If you like me find it extremely frustrating to manually clean intermediate files generated by Visual Studio while compiling projects, this is a great solution.
Visual C++ Cleaner is a small script written by me entirely in VBScript that automates the cleaning of intermediate files that are normally created when we compile Visual C++ projects.
Its features are –
- Clean the entire folder (with subdirectories) by entering only the path
- Clean by extension
- Clean by folder name (Debug, Release etc.)
- Built in logging support
- Current extensions which are cleaned –
pch,clw,aps,plg,opt,ncb,scc,ilk,htm,vss,pcx,bkp,bak,bsc,user,suo
Current folders which are cleaned –
debug, release
This script is extremely flexible and can be used even for system maintenance by making a small change to the script. You can include any extensions which you want cleaned from your system and the script will take care of the rest. This script is also a great way to learn the basics of the VBScript language.
- I’ve even created a small user manual if you are finding it difficult to use the script

