Creating a .bat file?

Adding to what John here said, "rd" stands for remove directory, Kate.
Another good and powerful command is "deltree" - just be very careful if
and when you use it. Deltree deletes everything in the directory, even if
its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do. You can look it up on the
net.

John John - MVP wrote:
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder. Because I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it, but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

Bill in Co. wrote:

Deltree deletes everything in the directory, even if
its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do.

That is what the /s switch is for. Do rd /?

John

Oh, ok.
Haven't used rd in ages, but have used deltree somewhat recently.

John John - MVP wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

Deltree deletes everything in the directory, even if
its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do.

That is what the /s switch is for. Do rd /?

John

Deltree is not available in XP Home, unless you got it from somewhere else?
--
SC Tom

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Oh, ok.
Haven't used rd in ages, but have used deltree somewhat recently.

John John - MVP wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

Deltree deletes everything in the directory, even if
its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do.

That is what the /s switch is for. Do rd /?

John

As you will see in my reply to John, "rd" removed the folder, so I
assume its contents were also deleted. They are not in the Cookies
folder, anyway.
Re the deltree command, I really would prefer to avoid using it
because of all the dread warnings years ago about deltree y (see my
earlier post about Win98).

Kate


"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Adding to what John here said, "rd" stands for remove directory,
Kate. Another good and powerful command is "deltree" - just be very
careful if and when you use it. Deltree deletes everything in the
directory, even if its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do.
You can look it up on the net.

John John - MVP wrote:
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder.
Because I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder. Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

You're welcome. By the % they meant that you can use variables in the
batch file. For more information open a command prompt and issue the
SET command and you will see some of the variables.

While at the command prompt you can experiment with the CD command and
see the results:

cd \

cd %userprofile%

cd %systemroot%

cd %appdata%

cd %windir%

Someone writing a batch file for use on other people's computer wouldn't
know their user names or profile folder path so they would use the
variable to make sure that the command runs properly:

echo %userprofile%\cookies

The cd and echo commands work even if there are spaces in the path but
most other commands still need to use "quotation marks" to ensure that
the command runs properly, for example the MD (Make Directory) command
without quotation marks:

md %userprofile\TestFolder

will have unexpected results, there will be no TestFolder in the
expected user folder at C:\Documents and Settings but there will be
several new folders in the root of the c: drive, to run properly the
command needs quotation marks:

md "%userprofile\TestFolder"

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder. Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

SC Tom wrote:
Deltree is not available in XP Home, unless you got it from somewhere else?

It doesn't seem to be available in XP Pro either, at least on my
machine. No matter, rd /s works just fine, if needed.

Bill

It's on my DOS flash disk, where I had been using it. Now that you mention
it, I guess it would be useless on XP with NTFS. My Bad.

SC Tom wrote:
Deltree is not available in XP Home, unless you got it from somewhere
else?
--
SC Tom

"Bill in Co." wrote in message
...
Oh, ok.
Haven't used rd in ages, but have used deltree somewhat recently.

John John - MVP wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote:

Deltree deletes everything in the directory, even if
its not empty, which I don't think "rd" will do.

That is what the /s switch is for. Do rd /?

John

Thank you for the explanations, John.
I see that one of your examples uses "echo". I used the echo /?
command to find out more, but all that was mentioned was echo on and
echo off, not what it actually does. Another user of the program that
creates all the unwanted temp files has written a batch file but for
Win 4NT, and I gather that the wording will be different to a batch
file for Win XP. He has written his .bat so that, 30 seconds after he
closes the program, the rest of the batch file will run automatically
and clean up the temp files. The entries he has written are :

@echo off
"C:\Program Files\DxO Labs\DxO Optics Pro v6\DxOOpticsPro6.exe"
delay 30

followed by the del instructions. Will these three lines as written
work for the batch file you have helped me with, please? I ran a
@ /? command but the details said it was not recognised, so I am
reluctant to experiment and add these lines to my .bat without advice
in case something goes very wrong.

Thanks
Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. By the % they meant that you can use variables in
the batch file. For more information open a command prompt and
issue the SET command and you will see some of the variables.

While at the command prompt you can experiment with the CD command
and see the results:

cd \

cd %userprofile%

cd %systemroot%

cd %appdata%

cd %windir%

Someone writing a batch file for use on other people's computer
wouldn't know their user names or profile folder path so they would
use the variable to make sure that the command runs properly:

echo %userprofile%\cookies

The cd and echo commands work even if there are spaces in the path
but most other commands still need to use "quotation marks" to
ensure that the command runs properly, for example the MD (Make
Directory) command without quotation marks:

md %userprofile\TestFolder

will have unexpected results, there will be no TestFolder in the
expected user folder at C:\Documents and Settings but there will be
several new folders in the root of the c: drive, to run properly the
command needs quotation marks:

md "%userprofile\TestFolder"

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would
rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to
ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder.
Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

It echoes... try these:

echo Merry Christmas

echo Kate

echo Merry Christmas %username%!

These user variables continue to be in place in all NT versions, some of
them were probably in place in Windows 3.x and Windows 95, the 'ol' pros
would know this...

Batches written for NT4 will run on XP as long as they are not trying to
execute unknown or forbidden commands, and vice-versa.

If you want help with the batch file you need to reveal more of its
contents or you should reveal the source of the file. 'Delay' is not a
valid Windows command, this is probably just pinging the loopback
adapter for 30 seconds. Try this inoffensive command:

ping google.com

now get your stopwatch and time this:

ping google.com -n 29

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you for the explanations, John.
I see that one of your examples uses "echo". I used the echo /?
command to find out more, but all that was mentioned was echo on and
echo off, not what it actually does. Another user of the program that
creates all the unwanted temp files has written a batch file but for
Win 4NT, and I gather that the wording will be different to a batch
file for Win XP. He has written his .bat so that, 30 seconds after he
closes the program, the rest of the batch file will run automatically
and clean up the temp files. The entries he has written are :

@echo off
"C:\Program Files\DxO Labs\DxO Optics Pro v6\DxOOpticsPro6.exe"
delay 30

followed by the del instructions. Will these three lines as written
work for the batch file you have helped me with, please? I ran a
@ /? command but the details said it was not recognised, so I am
reluctant to experiment and add these lines to my .bat without advice
in case something goes very wrong.

Thanks
Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. By the % they meant that you can use variables in
the batch file. For more information open a command prompt and
issue the SET command and you will see some of the variables.

While at the command prompt you can experiment with the CD command
and see the results:

cd \

cd %userprofile%

cd %systemroot%

cd %appdata%

cd %windir%

Someone writing a batch file for use on other people's computer
wouldn't know their user names or profile folder path so they would
use the variable to make sure that the command runs properly:

echo %userprofile%\cookies

The cd and echo commands work even if there are spaces in the path
but most other commands still need to use "quotation marks" to
ensure that the command runs properly, for example the MD (Make
Directory) command without quotation marks:

md %userprofile\TestFolder

will have unexpected results, there will be no TestFolder in the
expected user folder at C:\Documents and Settings but there will be
several new folders in the root of the c: drive, to run properly the
command needs quotation marks:

md "%userprofile\TestFolder"

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would
rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to
ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder.
Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

That was interesting!
The batch file I mentioned was written so that the application could
be launched by double-clicking the .btm (in his case), then after 30
seconds, the temp files would be deleted, although the application
would still be running (I think!). However, I don`t think it is worth
going any further with this after all, as it is no big thing to just
dbl-click the batch I have at the moment and clear the files after I
close the app.

With thanks and best wishes for Christmas and 2010

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
It echoes... try these:

echo Merry Christmas

echo Kate

echo Merry Christmas %username%!

These user variables continue to be in place in all NT versions,
some of them were probably in place in Windows 3.x and Windows 95,
the 'ol' pros would know this...

Batches written for NT4 will run on XP as long as they are not
trying to execute unknown or forbidden commands, and vice-versa.

If you want help with the batch file you need to reveal more of its
contents or you should reveal the source of the file. 'Delay' is
not a valid Windows command, this is probably just pinging the
loopback adapter for 30 seconds. Try this inoffensive command:

ping google.com

now get your stopwatch and time this:

ping google.com -n 29

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you for the explanations, John.
I see that one of your examples uses "echo". I used the echo /?
command to find out more, but all that was mentioned was echo on
and
echo off, not what it actually does. Another user of the program
that
creates all the unwanted temp files has written a batch file but
for
Win 4NT, and I gather that the wording will be different to a batch
file for Win XP. He has written his .bat so that, 30 seconds after
he
closes the program, the rest of the batch file will run
automatically
and clean up the temp files. The entries he has written are :

@echo off
"C:\Program Files\DxO Labs\DxO Optics Pro v6\DxOOpticsPro6.exe"
delay 30

followed by the del instructions. Will these three lines as written
work for the batch file you have helped me with, please? I ran a
@ /? command but the details said it was not recognised, so I am
reluctant to experiment and add these lines to my .bat without
advice
in case something goes very wrong.

Thanks
Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. By the % they meant that you can use variables in
the batch file. For more information open a command prompt and
issue the SET command and you will see some of the variables.

While at the command prompt you can experiment with the CD command
and see the results:

cd \

cd %userprofile%

cd %systemroot%

cd %appdata%

cd %windir%

Someone writing a batch file for use on other people's computer
wouldn't know their user names or profile folder path so they
would
use the variable to make sure that the command runs properly:

echo %userprofile%\cookies

The cd and echo commands work even if there are spaces in the path
but most other commands still need to use "quotation marks" to
ensure that the command runs properly, for example the MD (Make
Directory) command without quotation marks:

md %userprofile\TestFolder

will have unexpected results, there will be no TestFolder in the
expected user folder at C:\Documents and Settings but there will
be
several new folders in the root of the c: drive, to run properly
the
command needs quotation marks:

md "%userprofile\TestFolder"

John

Kate wrote:
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing
out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would
rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder
name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to
ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a
"Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder.
Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see
it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself
and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate

"Bill Sharpe" wrote in message
.. .
Leonard Grey wrote:
While this thread has been going on I have cleaned out my
temp
folders 142 times.
---

Surely you jest, Leonard! The thread's just 24 hours old.

Kate's right. You could use a batch file...

Bill

"Kate" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

Hi Kate,

Yes, the % sign is used in environment variables.
You could use something like this in your batch file:

del /Q "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\PTM*.tmp"
del /Q "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\t*.tmp"

This works the same on my system:

del /Q "%Temp%\PTM*.tmp"
del /Q "%Temp%\t*.tmp"

/Q is Quiet Mode - it deletes without asking if OK when using wildcards.

When I do this at Command Prompt:
echo %temp%
I get this:
C:\DOCUME~1\Richard\LOCALS~1\Temp
Which is short for:
C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\Local Settings\temp

HTH. (Hope This Helps.
--Richard

- - -
"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder. Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate
- - -

Thanks for explaining this, Richard, but I finally lost all patience
with the troublesome app and uninstalled it. Apologies to you, John
and everyone else who helped me for wasting your time, although I did
learn something about batch files for future reference, so, from my
point of view, it wasn`t a wasted exercise.

Kate

"Richard" wrote in message
...
"Kate" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much once again, John. Works a treat.
Somebody told me that the % sign can be used instead of writing out
the whole path, but, as a complete DOS novice, I think I would
rather
see the full path so that I can easily see if I have made any
mistakes.

Kate

Hi Kate,

Yes, the % sign is used in environment variables.
You could use something like this in your batch file:

del /Q "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\PTM*.tmp"
del /Q "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\t*.tmp"

This works the same on my system:

del /Q "%Temp%\PTM*.tmp"
del /Q "%Temp%\t*.tmp"

/Q is Quiet Mode - it deletes without asking if OK when using
wildcards.

When I do this at Command Prompt:
echo %temp%
I get this:
C:\DOCUME~1\Richard\LOCALS~1\Temp
Which is short for:
C:\Documents and Settings\Richard\Local Settings\temp

HTH. (Hope This Helps.
--Richard

- - -
"John John - MVP" wrote in message
...
Use the RD command.

rd /s /q "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

At the Command Prompt do RD /? for information on the switches.

John

Kate wrote:
I`m glad you posted, Bill, because it has given me a chance to
ask
for more help, please?

The same program that I have been grumbling about puts a "Hidden"
folder in my Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies folder.
Because
I
have "Show Hidden Files & Folders" checked, I am able to see it,
but
cannot delete it using the line

del "F:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Cookies\(folder name)"

The contents of the folder are deleted, but not the folder.
What sort of wording should I use to delete the folder itself and
its
contents, please?

Many thanks
Kate
- - -