secret duplicate Revit files on C: drive

[drubinoff]

Hi,

I know from the past that Revit duplicates project files in a hidden location on the C: drive (I'm using Windows 7) which can be deleted. Can anyone direct me to that directory? My C: drive is getting full.

Thanks,
Derek

[dhurtubise]

Are you talking about the Journal folder where you could see some families? If so they should be here: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2015\Journals

[drubinoff]

Are you talking about the Journal folder where you could see some families? If so they should be here: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2015\Journals

That's it; thanks! Can I just go ahead and delete all the Revit files in this folder? Why are they here taking up space?

[dhurtubise]

Yes you can go ahead and clean it. In fact i have a script that does it. It also cleans up Navisworks. I removed the part where it cleans our local files

Create a .cmd file and paste that in it:

rem Revit temp files
del "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2015\Journals\*.*" /Q
del "%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2016\Journals\*.*" /Q

rem Navisworks AutoSave
del "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2015\AutoSave\*.*" /Q
del "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2016\AutoSave\*.*" /Q

[danny.brock345764085]

Easy way to find duplicate files use DuplicateFilesDelete, Please try.

[DaveP]

a.) These are not duplicate files. They are separate "backups" of files on the network.
b.) The post above is spam & is advertising a product.