*hello dr. dos,*
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*drdos brings back*
*memories....*
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*i'm wondering if you*
*haven't considered simply making*
*a batch file to delete*
*those particular files*
*from that particular *
*directory.*
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*if i'm not mistaken, you*
*can launch the bat file*
*via a desktop shortcut or*
*run via msconfig or as*
*a scheduled task.*
**
*- db*
message documents and settings\xxxx\local settings\temp
Is there any way to have these automatically deleted?
On a daily basis I wipe out the clutter manually and would
like these them cleared on their own. I understand that
several are required for that particular boot session (mine
start with ~DFxxxxx.tmp), but these also remain when they
are no longer needed. Lots of other tmp files and
directories magically appear and never go away until I
delete them.
No, have not thought about that.
Problem with doing it that way multi-fold I predict:
In the temp directory are sub-directories, but not always
the same ones and not always known directories. So, a batch
file would have to delete the content of the sub-directories
first, and then the directories themselves. A missing
directory will produce a "file not found" halt. A new or
unknown sub-directory will escape extinction.
For those files that end in .tmp, at least two of them are
active system files. These active files have randomly
assigned names. Unfortunately for me, other of these
(expired) files ~Dxxxxxx.tmp, also clutter from previous
sessions. There is no way to split out present from past
*.tmp (unless I can building a batch file that takes note of
date stamp and that won't work because of multiple daily
routine reboots.)
So. I am still looking for a clean-up tool for the temp
sub-directory, or a setting in windows that performs the
cleanup.
Ah yes DR Dos, the non-Microsoft/non-IBM disk operating
system alternative. I think the DR stood for Digital
Research. The last version was DR Dos 7. Novell bought it
about the same time it bought WordPerfect. DR Dos is still
alive and living in Utah. WordPerfect is still alive and
living in Canada. And Novell is still alive and living in
Massachusetts. So much for geography.[/QUOTE]
I always change the temp locations to a folder right off the root ie:
c:\temp (right click on My Computer, select Properties, Advanced tab,
Environment Variables button, Edit both TEMP & TMP for User and System)
Do a Google search for Deltree.exe, used in Win9x versions. It works
fine in W2K/XP. Create a batch file and add the line:
path\deltree.exe /y c:\temp\
where path is the location of deltree.exe. Put a shortcut to the batch
file in your Startup folder and it will clean your temp folder on
startup (after any install/update processes have run).
I've used the DEL command but it won't delete sub folders, only the data
in the sub folders. i.e.:
del /s /q %temp%\*.*
I've seen others delete the temp folder and re-create it in a batch
file, but I prefer deltree.
rd c:\temp
md c:\temp
Hope this helps,
--
Terry
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