[jira] [Created] (VCL-1013) Modernize Windows pre_capture cleanup code

["Andy Kurth (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Andy Kurth created VCL-1013:
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             Summary: Modernize Windows pre_capture cleanup code
                 Key: VCL-1013
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-1013
             Project: VCL
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: vcld (backend)
            Reporter: Andy Kurth
            Assignee: Andy Kurth
             Fix For: 2.5


The Windows code does several cleanup actions during pre_capture.  Some of them are a bit crude and could cause problems with things such as Windows Update.  For example, the following are being deleted:
* C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\*
* C:\SoftwareDistribution\Download\*

It would be better to let dism.exe and cleanmgr.exe handle all of the cleanup unless there are files known to be 100% safe to delete.

The cleanmgr.exe code has hard-coded registry entries for items to clean up.  These represent the checkboxes you see when you run _Disk Cleanup_.  The options vary based on version and which features are installed.  There are options for Windows 8 and later not being used.  This should be updated.



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