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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<XML_DIZ_INFO>
  <MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>
    <MASTER_PAD_VERSION>4.0</MASTER_PAD_VERSION>
    <MASTER_PAD_EDITOR>Hand-authored</MASTER_PAD_EDITOR>
    <MASTER_PAD_INFO>PAD spec at https://pad.asp-software.org/.</MASTER_PAD_INFO>
  </MASTER_PAD_VERSION_INFO>

  <Company_Info>
    <Company_Name>No Faff</Company_Name>
    <Country>United Kingdom</Country>
    <Company_WebSite_URL>https://nofaff.netlify.app/</Company_WebSite_URL>
  </Company_Info>

  <Program_Info>
    <Program_Name>InstallerClean</Program_Name>
    <Program_Version>2.3.0</Program_Version>
    <Program_Release_Month>07</Program_Release_Month>
    <Program_Release_Day>25</Program_Release_Day>
    <Program_Release_Year>2026</Program_Release_Year>
    <Program_Cost_Dollars>0</Program_Cost_Dollars>
    <Program_Cost_Other_Code>GBP</Program_Cost_Other_Code>
    <Program_Cost_Other>0</Program_Cost_Other>
    <Program_Type>Open Source</Program_Type>
    <Program_Release_Status>Major Update</Program_Release_Status>
    <Program_Install_Support>Install and Uninstall</Program_Install_Support>
    <Program_OS_Support>Win10x64,Win11</Program_OS_Support>
    <Program_Language>English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Korean, French, Italian, German, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Dutch</Program_Language>
    <Program_Change_Info>InstallerClean no longer stops the whole scan when Windows refuses to list one program&#x27;s updates, which can happen with an unusual but valid registration such as some corporate DisplayLink installs; that one program is set aside with all of its cached files kept, and the scan of everything else carries on. It now speaks Dutch as well, a complete translation contributed by RijckAlex and finished for this release: the app, the installer, the command-line tool and the README. The rest of the release is a pass through every window checking that what a screen reader reads out matches what is written on the screen, along with a scrollbar, a sort arrow and a set of keyboard shortcuts that all now behave.</Program_Change_Info>
    <Program_Specific_Category>System</Program_Specific_Category>
    <Program_Category_Class>System &amp; Desktop Utilities::File &amp; Disk Management</Program_Category_Class>
    <Program_System_Requirements>Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit). Administrator rights required to access C:\Windows\Installer.</Program_System_Requirements>
    <File_Info>
      <File_Size_Bytes>96230104</File_Size_Bytes>
      <File_Size_K>93975</File_Size_K>
      <File_Size_MB>91.77</File_Size_MB>
    </File_Info>
    <Expire_Info>
      <Has_Expire_Info>N</Has_Expire_Info>
    </Expire_Info>
  </Program_Info>

  <Program_Descriptions>
    <English>
      <Keywords>installer, msi, msp, cleanup, windows installer, patch cleaner, disk space, orphaned files, system utility, free, open source</Keywords>
      <Char_Desc_45>Clean orphaned Windows Installer cache files.</Char_Desc_45>
      <Char_Desc_80>Safely move or delete orphaned MSI and MSP files from C:\Windows\Installer.</Char_Desc_80>
      <Char_Desc_250>InstallerClean scans C:\Windows\Installer for MSI and MSP files no longer registered to any installed product, then deletes them to the Recycle Bin, or moves them to a folder of your choice if you'd rather keep a copy. Open source (Apache 2.0).</Char_Desc_250>
      <Char_Desc_450>InstallerClean scans C:\Windows\Installer for MSI and MSP files no longer registered to any installed product. It only lists files Windows itself reports as finished with, so deleting is safe (to the Recycle Bin); Move parks them in a folder of your choice instead. Useful on machines with heavy MSI-based software (Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD, Office) where the cache can grow into tens of gigabytes. A modern, open source replacement for PatchCleaner.</Char_Desc_450>
      <Char_Desc_2000>InstallerClean removes orphaned MSI and MSP files from C:\Windows\Installer, the hidden cache Windows uses to repair and update installed software. Files that no longer belong to any registered product can sit in the cache forever and grow into tens of gigabytes on machines with heavy MSI-based software such as Adobe Acrobat, AutoCAD or Microsoft Office.

The app scans the cache, queries the Windows Installer API to enumerate registered files and shows you what's left over. Anything not registered is presented as a candidate to move or delete.

Everything it lists is safe to delete, because the app only ever offers files Windows itself reports as finished with. Delete sends files to the Recycle Bin where it is available; if the bin cannot be used for the drive, the app offers to Move them instead or to delete them with your explicit confirmation, so files are never deleted permanently without your consent. If you would rather keep the files around first, Move parks them in a folder you choose.

Other safety measures include a hard block on cleaning during an active Windows Installer transaction (so a clean-up cannot run against an install or repair that is in flight), a confirmation step before every Move and Delete operation and refusal to move into reparse points or back into the installer cache. On launch it asks GitHub once whether a newer version exists, which you can switch off in About; nothing is downloaded and nothing about you is sent.

A separate console executable (installerclean-cli.exe) ships both in the setup build and as a standalone download, for scheduled tasks and unattended use, with distinct exit codes per outcome for scripting.

Translated into sixteen languages, app, installer and command-line tool alike, and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. Setup and portable distributions are available, both self-contained and requiring no .NET runtime.

Modern replacement for PatchCleaner, which was last updated in March 2016.</Char_Desc_2000>
    </English>
  </Program_Descriptions>

  <Web_Info>
    <Application_URLs>
      <Application_Info_URL>https://nofaff.netlify.app/installerclean/</Application_Info_URL>
      <Application_Screenshot_URL>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/main/docs/screenshots/en/02-main-window.webp</Application_Screenshot_URL>
      <Application_Icon_URL>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/main/docs/icon.png</Application_Icon_URL>
      <Application_XML_File_URL>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/main/pad.xml</Application_XML_File_URL>
    </Application_URLs>
    <Download_URLs>
      <Primary_Download_URL>https://github.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/releases/download/v2.3.0/InstallerClean-2.3.0-setup.exe</Primary_Download_URL>
      <Secondary_Download_URL>https://github.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/releases/download/v2.3.0/InstallerClean-2.3.0-portable.exe</Secondary_Download_URL>
      <Additional_Download_URL_1>https://github.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/releases/download/v2.3.0/installerclean-cli.exe</Additional_Download_URL_1>
    </Download_URLs>
  </Web_Info>

  <Permissions>
    <Distribution_Permissions>InstallerClean is open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. You may host the binaries on your download site, mirror them, redistribute them and bundle them in compilations, provided the Apache 2.0 licence text is preserved alongside the binary. The source repository is at https://github.com/no-faff/InstallerClean.</Distribution_Permissions>
    <EULA>The Apache 2.0 licence, full text at https://github.com/no-faff/InstallerClean/blob/main/LICENSE.</EULA>
  </Permissions>
</XML_DIZ_INFO>