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Advice regarding a strange MS-DOS Batch File
Recently the HR Block tax program installed a pdf printer. It works fine and
created pdfs of my returns. Here's my question. The install left a batch file in C/ Program Files. Its title is "temp995." I've never seen such a file in that folder before and wonder if it's just an "orphan." Could it be deleted--or perhaps "run"? Here's the text of the file: :again del "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe" if exist C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe goto again rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities" rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res" rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995" rmdir /Q C:\Program Files\pdf995 del "C:\Program Files\temp995.bat" If I read the last line correctly, the file in question should have been deleted after the install was completed. Any advice will be appreciated. |
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Advice regarding a strange MS-DOS Batch File
From: "JD"
| Recently the HR Block tax program installed a pdf printer. It works fine and | created pdfs of my returns. Here's my question. The install left a batch | file in C/ Program Files. Its title is "temp995." I've never seen such a | file in that folder before and wonder if it's just an "orphan." Could it be | deleted--or perhaps "run"? Here's the text of the file: ::again | del "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe" | if exist C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe goto again | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities" | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res" | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995" | rmdir /Q C:\Program Files\pdf995 | del "C:\Program Files\temp995.bat" | If I read the last line correctly, the file in question should have been | deleted after the install was completed. | Any advice will be appreciated. It could not delete itself so yes, it was orphaned. BTW: A better way to create a PDF, PDFCreator on SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Advice regarding a strange MS-DOS Batch File
Thanks for the response. I take it the file in question can be safely
deleted. I appreciate the suggestion regarding PDFCreator, but I am satisfied with the 995 software. It creates quality pdfs from Word docs. What would make PDFcreator a "better way"? "David H. Lipman" wrote in message ... From: "JD" | Recently the HR Block tax program installed a pdf printer. It works fine and | created pdfs of my returns. Here's my question. The install left a batch | file in C/ Program Files. Its title is "temp995." I've never seen such a | file in that folder before and wonder if it's just an "orphan." Could it be | deleted--or perhaps "run"? Here's the text of the file: ::again | del "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe" | if exist C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities\thinsetup.exe goto again | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res\utilities" | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995\res" | rmdir /Q "C:\Program Files\pdf995" | rmdir /Q C:\Program Files\pdf995 | del "C:\Program Files\temp995.bat" | If I read the last line correctly, the file in question should have been | deleted after the install was completed. | Any advice will be appreciated. It could not delete itself so yes, it was orphaned. BTW: A better way to create a PDF, PDFCreator on SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Advice regarding a strange MS-DOS Batch File
JD wrote:
The install left a batch file in C/ Program Files. Its title is "temp995." :again ... del "C:\Program Files\temp995.bat" Poor programming. A running batch file cannot delete itself. |
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Advice regarding a strange MS-DOS Batch File
From: "JD"
| Thanks for the response. I take it the file in question can be safely | deleted. | I appreciate the suggestion regarding PDFCreator, but I am satisfied with | the 995 software. It creates quality pdfs from Word docs. What would make | PDFcreator a "better way"? Well it is 100% free, based upon Open Source code, based upon GhostScript and can have Distiller-like properties in merging multiple documents into one PDF. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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