how to delete a file when the windows start

[paraidy]

Hi, i'm new in this group and i need your help experts sometimes
some files are used by the system and is impossible to delete them, how
can i queue a file to delete it at next system startup before it is in
use? thx all.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hi, i'm new in this group and i need your help experts

You are welcome !

sometimes some files are used by the system and is impossible to delete
them, how
can i queue a file to delete it at next system startup before it is in
use?

How To Move Files That Are Currently in Use
<URL:http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;140570>

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Private Declare Auto Function MoveFileEx Lib "kernel32.dll" ( _
ByVal lpExistingFileName As String, _
ByVal lpNewFileName As String, _
ByVal dwFlags As Int32 _
) As Boolean

Private Const MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT As Int32 = &H4
....
Dim Success As Boolean = _
MoveFileEx( _
<file name>, _
vbNullString, _
MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT _
)
///

 

[paraidy]

Thx man now i try it, can you tell me how it work? it make the file
in queue in a specific location in the registry or what procedure use
the system to queue the files and delete them at startup? thx again

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] ha scritto:

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

now i try it, can you tell me how it work? it make the file
in queue in a specific location in the registry or what procedure use
the system to queue the files and delete them at startup? thx again

Check out the "Remarks" section of 'MoveFileEx'' documentation:

File Systems -- 'MoveFileEx'
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/fileio/fs/movefileex.asp>

 

[paraidy]

Ok, Thx again, it worked, you helped me a lot

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] ha scritto:

 

[Crash_beta]

in your Autoexec.BAT file put these lines
Cd\
cd \Filepath
attrib -r *.*
del *.*
echo Chr$(13)

 

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

in your Autoexec.BAT file put these lines
Cd\
cd \Filepath
attrib -r *.*
del *.*
echo Chr$(13)

That'll work... if you're running win9x/WinME, but not Win2K and above.