INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to delete temporary and permanent SharePoint Workspace data by using the Groove.exe command. In Microsoft Office SharePoint Workspace 2010, the Groove.exe command has switches that replace the GrooveClean.exe command. The GrooveClean.exe command is included in earlier versions of Groove.
More Information
The Groove.exe command is included in SharePoint Workspace 2010. This command has options to delete temporary and permanent SharePoint Workspace data.
Note Network activity may increase temporarily while changes are made.
To delete permanent SharePoint Workspace data, follow these steps:
How to delete temporary SharePoint Workspace data
To delete temporary SharePoint Workspace data, follow these steps:- Exit SharePoint Workspace.
- After SharePoint Workspace is closed, open a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
- On a 32-bit Windows platform:%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove.exe /clean
- On a 64-bit Windows platform:%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove.exe /clean
- On a 32-bit Windows platform:
- The transmit and receive buffer files.
- The cached diagnostic information.
- All associated log files.
Note Network activity may increase temporarily while changes are made.
How to delete permanent SharePoint Workspace data
Sometimes, you may have to delete permanent data, such as your account file. To do this, run Groove.exe together with the /clean switch and the /all switch. When you add the /all switch, all SharePoint Workspace accounts, Groove workspaces, and temporary data are deleted.To delete permanent SharePoint Workspace data, follow these steps:
- Exit SharePoint Workspace.
- After SharePoint Workspace is closed, open a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
- On a 32-bit Windows platform: %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove.exe /clean /all
- On a 64-bit Windows platform:%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\Groove.exe /clean /all
- On a 32-bit Windows platform:
- Your local SharePoint Workspace account.
- The local SharePoint Workspace message history. This includes all message content.
- All SharePoint Workspace contact information.
- All Groove workspaces and any data that workspaces contain.
- The synchronization information for all Shared Folders. The files are not deleted from the Windows folder.
- The synchronization information for all SharePoint workspaces. Local copies of SharePoint workspace files are deleted from the Office Document Cache.
- The transmit and receive buffer files.
- The cached diagnostic information.
- All associated log files.