Guest Eric Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 There is a command as show below for my batch file DELTREE /y C:\CWIN98\tempor~1 After running this batch file, and refresh the window explorer for this folder, I still can see files inside this directory. Will it be refresh problem? On the other hands, I would like to delete the folder UserData without any request for confirmation if it exists under C:\WIN98\UserData. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to write the code on batch file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
Guest philo Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Re: Question on batch file? "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CA214A6B-2A8B-4E8D-9562-E9EA40B49FDF@microsoft.com... > There is a command as show below for my batch file > DELTREE /y C:\CWIN98\tempor~1 > After running this batch file, and refresh the window explorer for this > folder, I still can see files inside this directory. Will it be refresh > problem? > On the other hands, I would like to delete the folder UserData without any > request for confirmation if it exists under C:\WIN98\UserData. > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to write the code on batch file? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric To view all valid switches for any executable simply use: /? Viz: deltree /? It appears that you have made a typo as in your first example you show your windows folder as being "CWIN98" and in your second example "WIN98" Obviously you chose a customized install location...but only you would know the correct path -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
Guest none Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 Re: Question on batch file? Eric, try this as the last line of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file: deltree /y "%winbootdir%\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" Reason it goes in the autoexec.bat file (as LAST LINE) is because Windows will not allow you to delete the internet directory as long as Windows is open. It's a protected directory! Upon boot Windows will automatically rebuild the directory. (BTW: you may want to copy and paste to avoid typos) ___ "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CA214A6B-2A8B-4E8D-9562-E9EA40B49FDF@microsoft.com... > There is a command as show below for my batch file > DELTREE /y C:\CWIN98\tempor~1 > After running this batch file, and refresh the window explorer for this > folder, I still can see files inside this directory. Will it be refresh > problem? > On the other hands, I would like to delete the folder UserData without any > request for confirmation if it exists under C:\WIN98\UserData. > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to write the code on batch file? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
Guest Lee Posted April 19, 2008 Posted April 19, 2008 Re: Question on batch file? None, quoting long file names won't work in the autoexec.bat file because DOS doesn't do long file names even if they are quoted. Quoted long file names only work inside of Windows' DOSboxes because that environment is actually an emulator and NOT DOS to start with. DOS does not run under any 9x Windows as often spouted by those who really don't know, but instead Windows is a 32 bit OS that can emulate a 16 bit DOS with a DOSbox quite well. And when it does that, you get long file name support via quotes only. But good detective work otherwise... Eric, the reason your method did not work is because you did it in a Windows DOSbox and when Windows is working, that folder is protected and DOS can not delete it when Windows is using it. Windows is always using that folder so it must deleted from true DOS mode at boot up time. Move your deltree line into your autoexec.bat file and it will work just fine. The /y switch makes the deltree command not show a conformation box so: if exist C:\WIN98\UserData\nul deltree /y C:\WIN98\UserData This will delete the folder UserData. If you wanted to just delete the files inside the UserData folder despite any attributes you would do this instead: if exist C:\WIN98\UserData\nul deltree /y C:\WIN98\UserData\ That simple backslash at the end saves the folder itself from deletion, but all other subfolders and files will be gone no matter what attributes they may carry. On Apr 13, 4:34 pm, "none" <nos...@bogusaddress.com> wrote: > Eric, try this as the last line of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file: > > deltree /y "%winbootdir%\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" > > Reason it goes in the autoexec.bat file (as LAST LINE) is because > Windows will not allow you to delete the internet directory as long as > Windows is open. It's a protected directory! Upon boot Windows will > automatically rebuild the directory. (BTW: you may want to copy and > paste to avoid typos) > ___ > > "Eric" <E...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:CA214A6B-2A8B-4E8D-9562-E9EA40B49FDF@microsoft.com... > > > > > There is a command as show below for my batch file > > DELTREE /y C:\CWIN98\tempor~1 > > After running this batch file, and refresh the window explorer for > this > > folder, I still can see files inside this directory. Will it be > refresh > > problem? > > On the other hands, I would like to delete the folder UserData without > any > > request for confirmation if it exists under C:\WIN98\UserData. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to write the code on batch > file? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > > Eric- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Posted via http://computerhelpforums.net Forum to USENET Gateway
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