Returns a list of matching cache directories, and their sizes, sorted.
Measure-Caches.ps1 [[-Path] <String>] [[-NamePattern] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Measure-Caches.ps1 |Format-Table -AutoSize
Path Size DirectorySize DirectorySizeOnDisk —- —- ————- ——————- c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\code\cachedextensionvsixs 669.3MB 701856767 701915136 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\slack\service worker\cachestorage 444MB 465538811 469655552 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\slack\cache 340.2MB 356697780 357654528 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\slack\cache\cache_data 340.2MB 356697780 357650432 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\code\cache\cache_data 323.3MB 338983271 339546112 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\code\cache 323.3MB 338983271 339550208 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\slack\code cache 282MB 295745766 301752320 c:\users\usernam\appdata\roaming\code\cacheddata 172.6MB 181008350 191647744
The root directory to search from.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: $env:APPDATA
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
The directory name pattern to match using -Like.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: *cache*
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
A shocking number of apps don’t seem to know how the Windows folder structure works, writing cache data into the user profile’s Roaming folder, which gets recopied at every logon, which is extremely wrong.
This script is primarily intended to show the scope of the problem, but can be used to measure other folder matches.