diff --git a/script/clean b/script/clean
index b9c18f7ec..287eb07e3 100755
--- a/script/clean
+++ b/script/clean
@@ -2,24 +2,33 @@
 var cp = require('./utils/child-process-wrapper.js');
 var path = require('path');
 var os = require('os');
-var rimraf = require('rimraf');
+
+var rimraf = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'del /F /Q /S ' : 'rm -rf ';
 var productName = require('../package.json').productName;
 
 process.chdir(path.dirname(__dirname));
 var home = process.env[(process.platform === 'win32') ? 'USERPROFILE' : 'HOME'];
 var tmpdir = os.tmpdir();
 
-var command = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'taskkill /IM ' + productName + '.exe' : 'pkill -9 ' + productName;
-cp.safeExec(command, function() {
-  [
-    [__dirname, '..', 'node_modules'],
-    [__dirname, '..', 'atom-shell'],
-    [home, '.atom', '.node-type'],
-    [home, '.atom', 'storage'],
-    [tmpdir, 'atom-build'],
-    [tmpdir, 'atom-cached-atom-shells'],
-    [tmpdir, 'atom-compile-cache'],
-  ].forEach(function(filepath) {
-    rimraf(path.resolve.apply(path.resolve, filepath), function() {});
-  });
-});
+// Windows: Use START as a way to ignore error if Atom.exe isnt running
+var killatom = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'START taskkill /F /IM ' + productName + '.exe' : 'pkill -9 ' + productName + ' || true';
+
+var commands = [
+  killatom,
+  [__dirname, '..', 'node_modules'],
+  [__dirname, '..', 'atom-shell'],
+  [home, '.atom', '.node-type'],
+  [home, '.atom', 'storage'],
+  [tmpdir, 'atom-build'],
+  [tmpdir, 'atom-cached-atom-shells'],
+  [tmpdir, 'atom-compile-cache'],
+];
+var run = function() {
+  var next = commands.shift();
+  if (!next)
+    process.exit(0);
+  if (Array.isArray(next))
+    next = rimraf + path.resolve.apply(path.resolve, next);
+  cp.safeExec(next, run);
+};
+run();