SystemCleanerPro

Lightweight, Transparent Windows Optimization Engine

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Overview

SystemCleanerPro is a transparent, open-source Windows maintenance solution built with PowerShell and Batch. Designed as a lightweight alternative to proprietary utility tools, it automates daily, weekly, and monthly system purges across 30+ categories without compromising user privacy or critical system registries.

Cleanup Execution Pipeline

graph LR
    Launch([SystemCleaner.bat]) --> Admin{Elevated?}
    Admin -- No --> Request[Auto-Request Admin Privileges]
    Admin -- Yes --> ModeSel[Select Cleaning Tier]
    
    ModeSel --> Quick[Quick Mode: Daily Temps & Caches]
    ModeSel --> Deep[Deep Mode: Logs & Dev Artifacts]
    ModeSel --> Full[Full Mode: DISM & Component Purge]
    
    Quick --> Log[Generate Timestamped Log]
    Deep --> Log
    Full --> Log

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Cleaning Tiers Matrix

Tier	Duration	Scope & Target Artifacts
Quick Mode	~30s	%TEMP%, %SystemRoot%\Temp, Browser Caches (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave), DNS Cache Flush, DirectX Shader Cache, Icon/Thumbnail Caches.
Deep Mode	~2-5m	Everything in Quick + Prefetch, Windows Update Downloads, Memory Dumps, Developer Caches (npm, pip, yarn, NuGet, Maven), Application Caches (VS Code, Discord, Teams).
Full Mode	~5-15m	Everything in Deep + DISM Component Cleanup, Event Log Clearing, $Windows.~BT Upgrade Residuals, Automated cleanmgr, Restore Point Pruning.

Safety Principles

• 🔒 Zero-Registry Mutation: Does not modify registry hives or user credential stores.
• 🛡️ Verification First: Executes Test-Path checks before any file operation.
• 📜 Full Audit Trace: Writes detailed [OK], [SKIP], and [FAIL] status output to Desktop\CleanerLogs\.

Quick Start

# Run preset Quick mode from PowerShell (Admin required)
.\SystemCleaner.bat Quick

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_{Maintained by Diwakar Yadav}