How to use GrooveClean.exe to delete Groove data (907854)

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GrooveClean is included in Groove Workspace and in Groove Virtual Office. If you run GrooveClean without options, GrooveClean deletes the following temporary data:

• The transmit and receive buffer files
• The cached diagnostic information
• All associated log files

You may lose some transient information by deleting the buffer files. In particular, instant messages that have not yet been sent or that have been received but not processed will be lost. However, the dynamics manager in Groove should recover workspace changes that you made, even if the changes have not yet been transmitted. Therefore, running GrooveClean without options is generally safe. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER: Sometimes, you may have to delete permanent data and temporary data. To do this, run GrooveClean with the -all option. Running GrooveClean with the -all option deletes all Groove accounts, workspaces, and temporary data.

Caution The GrooveClean -all command deletes all Groove data. This includes other users' Groove data that is on the same computer. After you run the GrooveClean -all command, you will not be able to use Groove until you create a new account or import a previously saved account. If you create a new account, it will not have the same identity and will not belong to any workspaces, even if you use all the same information when you create the account. If you create a new account, you must distribute your new identity to all your Groove contacts and be reinvited to workspaces.

To delete all Groove data, use one of the following methods.

The Run method

1. On the Files menu, click Exit Groove.
2. Click Start, click Run, type the following command, and then click OK:

   "C:\Program Files\Groove Networks\Groove\Bin\GrooveClean.exe" -all

The command-line method

Note This method is required if you are using a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.

1. On the Files menu, click Exit Groove.
2. Open a Command Prompt window.
3. Type cd \progra~1\groove~1\groove\bin, and then press ENTER.
4. Type GrooveClean -all, and then press ENTER.