CORSTENS CACHE AND SHADER REMOVAL TOOLS (8.12.2024)

This script tool has been around allmost for a year and nobody has been reported about suspicious code.

VBS -scripts are made help of ChatGPT. Tool has been tested and works good with steam & store versions. Tested also with Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.

Remember to reboot pc after disabling Nvidia shader cache and before using the tools.

What is the point to clean your MSFS cache and GPU drivers shader cache?
- MSFS cache and shader cache  makes MSFS run less smoother, when cache arent cleaned for a while.
- Specialy Sim updates and world updates makes MSFS run less smoother because of incombatible cache files.
- New GPU graphics drives could also make a diffrence in smoothness, so shader cache and MSFS cache is recodemmend to be cleaned with these tools after GPU driver update.

Shader cache removal tool
- This script will move shader cache folders to desktop and creates a folder and 'cache_locations.txt' file inside of that folder.
- with that cache_locations.txt you can see, where the tool did move cache. Basicly it is a backup.
- Make sure to disable shader cache in Nvidia Control Panel, otherwise, all the shaders won't be cleaned.
- If there is problems with moving, try to restart pc and try again. Cache folders might be in use by some process.

Remember to reboot pc after disabling Nvidia shader cache and before using the tools.

MSFS cache removal tool
- This script will move MSFS cache folders to desktop and creates a folder and 'cache_locations.txt' file inside of that folder.
- with that cache_locations.txt you can see, where the tool did move cache. Basicly it is a backup.
- If there is problems with moving, try to restart pc and try again. Cache MSFS folders might be in use by some process.

Here are the locations, tools are looking for:

Nvidia Shader Cache locations:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\D3DSCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\GLCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\GLCache
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\shadercache\
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\NVIDIA\ComputeCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\GLCache

AMD Shader Cache locations:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\AMD\DxCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\AMD\DX9Cache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\AMD\DxcCache
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\AMD\OglCache

Steam MSFS cache locations:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator\cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\SceneryCache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\SceneryIndexes
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\DCE
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Limitless\cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\SceneryIndexes
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\ROLLINGCACHE.CCC
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\ROLLINGCACHE.CCC

OPTIONAL SCRIPT (StreamedPackages included)
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024\StreamedPackages

Store MSFS cache locations:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SceneryCache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SceneryIndexes
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\DCE
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Cache
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SceneryIndexes
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\ROLLINGCACHE.CCC

OPTIONAL SCRIPT (StreamedPackages included)
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\StreamedPackages

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Corsten´s cache & shader removal tool (2024)

A tool designed to clean MSFS and GPU shader cache, improving performance by removing outdated or incompatible cache files. Use with caution and follow instructions carefully to ensure proper functioning. Compatible with both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.

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