Delete the Windows Temp file in WIN XP

[Guest]

While running win98 I used the following lines " @DelTree/Y C:\WINDOWS\Temp
@MD C:\WINDOWS\Temp" in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to Delete the WINDOWS\Temp
file everytime windows started. Does anyone know of a equivalent way of
making windows XP do the same. I don't want to just delete the contents of
the file I want windows to delete the file and then create a new one
everytime windows starts.

 

[Ron Martell]

While running win98 I used the following lines " @DelTree/Y C:\WINDOWS\Temp
@MD C:\WINDOWS\Temp" in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to Delete the WINDOWS\Temp
file everytime windows started. Does anyone know of a equivalent way of
making windows XP do the same. I don't want to just delete the contents of
the file I want windows to delete the file and then create a new one
everytime windows starts.

That was a very dangerous thing to do in Windows 9x, and would have
caused serious problems with any new program installs that required a
restart in order to complete the installation.

The TEMP folder in Windows XP is located under the \Documents and
Settings\(your user name)\ folder.

If you want to delete the folder on each startup then first create a
batch file to do this and then put a shortcut to run this batch file
into your Startup group.

Note that this is also the procedure that you should have used with
Windows 98 in order to avoid complications with new program installs
and updates.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
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[Wesley Vogel]

Deltree is not available in XP, use rmdir.

[[Unavailable MS-DOS Commands
The following MS-DOS commands are not available at the command prompt.

deltree
The rmdir /s command deletes directories containing files and
subdirectories. For more information about the rmdir command, see Rmdir. ]]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/dos_diffs.mspx

Rmdir (rd)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/rmdir.mspx