How To Make A "selfdestructive" Batch?

[bucketbuster]

I want my cleanup.cmd, after it is finished, to be deleted.

Without user interaction.

How do I do that?

This is a part of my cleanup.cmd:

CLS

@echo off

TITLE Windows XP SP2 - Cleanup after Unattended Installation

CLS

color 0A

ECHO.

ECHO Cleaning up

ECHO.

ECHO.

ECHO.

del /f /q stuff

rd /s /q stuff

EXIT

[jondercik]

just have it delete itself, it should work.

[gunsmokingman]

Here Is The Thread If You Need Instruction To Edit It.

Thread

Here This Is A Link To A Silent Clean Up VBs Script.

Silent Clean Up

[totoymola]

DEL CLEANUP.CMD

EXIT

What I want to know it how to make a self destruct file. For example, a .jpg file. So it will delete itself after closing it.

[Yzöwl]

for a batch file to delete itself all you need is the following right at the end (no exit necessary):

del %0

try this as a test, copy /paste the following into a file and name it anything.cmd or anythingelse.bat

@echo off
del %0

now double click it!

[gunsmokingman]

Here A VBS code That Will Delete Anything Listed

Blue Is The File Or Folder These Must Be In Quotes

On Error Resume Next

Set Action = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

      Action.deleteFile ( "NAME THE FILE" )

      Action.deleteFolder ( "NAME THE FOLDER" )

This One Ask A Question Do You Want To Delete!

On Error Resume Next

Set Action = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Ques=Msgbox("Would You Like To" & vbcrlf & "Delete A File Or Folder", 4 + 64,"Delete What?")

If Ques = 6 then

      Action.deleteFile ( "NAME THE FILE" )

      Action.deleteFolder ( "NAME THE FOLDER" )

else

end if

If Ques = 7 Then

msgbox "User Selected To Quit" & vbcrlf & "Not Deleting Nothing", 0 +32,"Good-Bye"

Else

End If

This Is For The Question Delete VBs

Edited January 4, 2006 by gunsmokingman

[bucketbuster]

Thanks, guys

[hammermtl]

I was also thinking about an auto destruct for some time now.

Let's say I put the unattended install on a CDRW is there any way to create a command to use the cd drive to delete everything on the cdrw after the install is complete?

Thanks

Josh

[Vadikan]

I think you can use cdburn.exe.

[blinkdt]

@Yazowl Very nice. I'll be incorporating that trick into all of my batches, thanks.

[Rekenaar]

@Yzöwl - thanks for that one!

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Thanks, Yzöwl!

[Yzöwl]

Thanks all,

...have you been asleep for two days?