Removing all oem*inf files

[Kathy]

Try doing a search in Explorer for *.old to see if you
actually have any old inf files. If you do you could
just remove them that way. What is the purpose of
removing these files, anyway?
>-----Original Message-----
>Can anyone instruct me as how to remove my computer's
>oem*inf files.
>
>I was attempting to follow the instructions below.
>However, when I typed in "ren infcache.1 *.old" I
>received the following message:
>
>"The syntax of the command is incorrect".
>
>I tried repeating the command several times and received
>the same message. Can anyone tell me what am I doing
>wrong or is there an alternative way to remove all
>oem*inf files? Thank you. Lee
>
> Instructions that I was given:
>
>1. Click start and click run then under the run line
type
>in the command "cmd" (without the quotation marks)
>
>2. In the command line, type in the following (without
>the quotes) and press enter after each command:
>
>"ren infcache.1 *.old"
>"ren oem*inf *.old"
>"del C:\windows\setupapi.log"
>"exit"
>.
>