Spekan Purge Tool

[MS_Santos]

Hello,

I'm trying to install the Spekan Purge Tool, but it's asking for a password to install it, I followed this link https://community.ptc.com/t5/System-Administration/Spekan-Purge-Tool/td-p/415298/page/2

Still nothing.

[KenFarley]

Long ago people at my company would use that tool, but it hasn't been used for years now.

What I do now is copy a batch file that I've called "purge-dir.bat". Here's the batch file contents:

::
::  Author      : Kenneth J. Farley
::  Date        : 2022-10-03
::  Description : Runs a standard Creo purge to remove old versions of
::                files, thus recovering substantial amounts of disk
::                space.
::                Since the full path to this command will change with
::                every new Creo installation or version update, the
::                command that will actually be executed is built via
::                a search.
::

@echo off

::
::  Build the actual purge command.
::  (1) Use PUSHD to store the current directory and change to the
::      deepest level directory common to all Creo installations.
::  (2) Use a DIR command to obtain the location of the purge.bat
::      command. The last one found is the one used.
::  (3) Use POPD to return to the directory we started from.
::

SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
PUSHD "C:\Program Files\PTC"
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a IN ('dir purge.bat /s /b') DO (set cmdPurge="%%a")
POPD

::
::  Now execute the command that was built.
::

%cmdPurge%

If this is sufficient for your needs, it might be simpler than having to install a program on your machine.

I also have a recursive purge batch file I run periodically to clean up a directory and all its subdirectories. It's a bit more complex,

[Catalina]

Hi @MS_Santos,

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Thanks,

[MS_Santos]

Hello,

I would like to install the program, is there any solution or version that does not have an installation password?

[KenFarley · Accepted solution]

Since the tool you are looking for is not a PTC product, they will not be liable to help you.

If you look at the sidebar of these posts on the right side of the screen, called "Recommendations" in the English layout, you will see that there have been a number of questions similar or identical to yours. Here's the top one:

https://community.ptc.com/t5/System-Administration/Spekan-Purge-3-3/m-p/142144#M3943