Script to Delete Temporary Internet Files (ie6)

[MatthewBrown]

Found this in another thread:

pushd "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\"
del /a:sh *.*
for /f "Tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /B') do rd /s /q "%%G"
popd


But when I go to internet options>settings...>show files there are
still files.


I'm looking to make a scheduled task that is like a disk cleanup. It
will determine if the system is XP or 2k. If it's XP, cleanmgr
/sageset:0 will work. But if it's 2k, there's no cleanmgr, so I need
to script out the cleanmgr tasks (deleting temp inet files is one of
them).



Thanks!


Matt

 

[Gary Smith]

1) There is a cleanmgr in Win2K.

2) IE must be closed when trying to delete fiels from the TIF.

3) Your DIR command needs the /a switch because some of the files and
folders will have the Hidden or System attributes.

4) You won't be able to delete everthing for the current user. In
particular, %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat is always busy and cannot be deleted by the
current user unless extraordinary steps are taken

 

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