Batch Job

[Guest dr_ahmed]

i need to include a line to empty recycle bin within batch file

i already include a line to display it:

explorer ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

 

but i now want to empty it without even opening it, i will tell you what i

have:

i beleive that it could be done through RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,entry point

but i don't know the right one, in registry i found this key (search for it)

@shell32.dll,-31331 with value= Empty the Recycle Bin, i thought it was

what i

want, but it is not and this value is the text will appear in the tasks

panel in

RecycleBin window.

another thing:

i already found the entry point it is SHEmptyRecycleBin and when i right

the line

like that: RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,SHEmptyRecycleBin in start>run or in

Cmd.exe

it appears that it accept it and no error originates, but it does nothing.

 

please, any help will be useful :)

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Batch Job

 

 

"dr_ahmed" <drahmed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>i need to include a line to empty recycle bin within batch file

> i already include a line to display it:

> explorer ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

>

> but i now want to empty it without even opening it, i will tell you what i

> have:

> i beleive that it could be done through RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,entry

> point

> but i don't know the right one, in registry i found this key (search for

> it)

> @shell32.dll,-31331 with value= Empty the Recycle Bin, i thought it was

> what i

> want, but it is not and this value is the text will appear in the tasks

> panel in

> RecycleBin window.

> another thing:

> i already found the entry point it is SHEmptyRecycleBin and when i right

> the line

> like that: RUNDLL32.EXE shell32.dll,SHEmptyRecycleBin in start>run or in

> Cmd.exe

> it appears that it accept it and no error originates, but it does

> nothing.

>

> please, any help will be useful :)

 

You could simply delete all files in the Recycle Bin:

 

del /s /q C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-4233798886-620521722-3728218106-1004

[Guest Ayush]

Re: Batch Job

 

[dr_ahmed] wrote-:

> i need to include a line to empty recycle bin within batch file

> i already include a line to display it:

> explorer ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

>

 

You can use a WSH script and run it from your batch file like:

cscript //nologo Scriptpath

 

 

---JScript:

 

 

Bin=new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application").NameSpace(10).Self

Bin.InvokeVerbEx("Empty recycle &bin")

 

 

---VBScript:

 

Set Bin=CreateObject("Shell.Application").NameSpace(10).Self

Bin.InvokeVerbEx("Empty recycle &bin")

 

 

Good Luck, Ayush.

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[Guest dr_ahmed]

Re: Batch Job

 

when i tried that it tolds me that: The system cannot find the file specified.

i just copy and paste it

[Guest dr_ahmed]

Re: Batch Job

 

when i tried that it tolds me :The system cannot find the file specified.

i just copy and pste it

[Guest dr_ahmed]

Re: Batch Job

 

:)

it does really work, although iam not familiar with scripts

thanks for help

[Guest Vanguard]

Re: Batch Job

 

"dr_ahmed" wrote in message

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> when i tried that it tolds me that: The system cannot find the file

> specified.

> i just copy and paste it

 

DO NOT RUN THE FOLLOWING BATCH SCRIPT

Only showing what could be done in a .bat file.

Running this batch script will clean out the Recycle Bin but also render

it unusable until the next reboot.

 

Windows will withhold permissions from some programs for "special"

folders. You cannot use the 'del' command at a DOS prompt. Instead use

the 'for' command to walk through every subfolder to delete the files

within each one. The 'for', like the 'cd' command, will let you

navigate into those special folders and then you can use relative

references to delete the files.

 

pushd

C:

for /r c:\recycler %I in (.) do (

cd /d "%I"

attrib -h -s *

del /f /q *

)

popd

 

The above works from the DOS prompt. In a batch file, you need to

double up on the percent signs; i.e., %I becomes %%I. That is to ensure

the command parser sees in a batch file that you are identifying a

replaceable parameter (variable) rather than trying to retrieve its

value.

 

- The /r switch means to recurse through the subfolders. The 'for'

command can get into special folders that 'del' cannot.

- The "." for the set will return the list of subfolders rather than

files (since 'del' might not work into the special folder).

- The /d switch is required on the 'cd' command to ensure that you

actually change to that path when you follow with the 'attrib' and 'del'

commands. Otherwise, 'cd' (without /d) while you are on D: would end up

changing the working path on C: but you are still on D: when the

'attrib' and 'del' command executed which means you would be deleting

the wrong files.

- I added the C: just before the for-loop merely for precaution to

ensure you really are on the C: drive in case 'cd' doesn't have the /d

switch in your version of Windows.

- 'del' won't work on files with the hidden and system file attributes,

so 'attrib' removes those.

- The pushd saves where you were before changing drives/folders using

'cd /d' and popd returns you there. That way, you won't be left in some

subfolder that is different than where you started.

 

The above only delete the files. It won't delete any subfolders under

the <d>:\Recycler folder.

 

Yeah, while the above will delete the deleted files from the Recycle Bin

but it also deletes configuration files used by the Recycle Bin. When

you delete all the files, the config files are also deleted. The

Recycle Bin won't work after that; i.e., you can still delete files but

they won't get moved into the Recycle Bin. To see that the above batch

script actually works (too well), you could replace 'del /f /q *' with

'dir'. In fact, you could replace both the 'attrib' and 'del' commands

with 'dir /ah'. Then instead of deleting the files, you get a directory

listing of them in case you are curious as to what is in there.

 

 

Rather than figure out which files to delete, there are a couple

options:

 

1 - Delete the folder.

 

rmdir /s /q c:\recycler

 

This deletes the Recycle Bin folder (on the C: drive). That means

deleted files will no longer be saved in the Recycle Bin anytime after

that in your Windows session because the save folder doesn't exist

anymore. When you reboot Windows, and after the first file that you

delete, Windows will recreate the Recycler folder. That means you

delete the folder and reboot to continue using a cleaned up Recycle Bin.

 

2 - Use the Disk Clean utility.

 

Read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253597/en-us. cleanmgr.exe is the

same program as Disk Cleanup found under Start -> Programs ->

Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup. Note that cleanmgr.exe ran

from the command-line will not prompt on which drive to do the cleanup,

so all local hard drives get cleaned up using the same settings that you

specify. To me, this is handy in that I don't need to save settings for

each drive and repeatedly execute cleanmgr.exe on each one. First run:

 

cleanmgr.exe /sageset:1

 

to save the settings (in the registry). Then run:

 

cleanmgr.exe /sagerun:1

 

in your .bat file or as a scheduled task to do the cleanup. You can use

whatever number you like in the range of 0 to 64K under which to save

the settings for a drive. You could use 0 to have all items selected

for a full cleanup, 1 is for just the temp files and Recycle Bin, 2 is

just offline files, etc. I'd much prefer using strings so I could use

names that help me remember what each set of settings will do but it's

not my program.

 

When the window pops open in which you select what items to purge, I

select all of them except the last 3 (offline files, compress old files,

catalog files for indexer). The purpose of offline files is to have a

local copy if the file server becomes unavailable. I'm not going to

waste time compressing "old" files and then have to uncompress them

later. The program still wastes time calculating how much space would

be returned by using compression but I don't want it to actually do any

compression. I'll buy a bigger drive instead. I don't run the Indexing

Service (it is Disabled) but even if I did then I wouldn't want it to

consume CPU cycles and data bus bandwidth to reindex everything again.

 

This is probably the safest way included in Windows to do the cleanup

other than to use a 3rd party tool, like CCleaner (CrapCleaner). You

can specify to include the Recycle Bin in the saved settings. Because

it is a GUI program with command-line switches, you will still see its

window pop open when you run cleanmgr.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Batch Job

 

 

"dr_ahmed" <drahmed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> when i tried that it tolds me that: The system cannot find the file

> specified.

> i just copy and paste it

 

This is hardly surprising. You must use the correct SID that

applies to your logon account, not the one that applies to mine!

[Guest Ayush]

Re: Batch Job

 

[dr_ahmed] wrote-:

> :)

> it does really work, although iam not familiar with scripts

> thanks for help

 

Save the JScript code as .js file and in your batch file, add the following line when

you want to run the script (to empty recycle bin):

 

cscript //NoLogo JS-FILE-PATH

 

e.g.

cscript //nologo c:\scripts\empty.js

 

 

Good Luck, Ayush.

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