Delete specific file on shutdown?

[JonesDK]

Hi... I'm curious to find out how to make Windows delete a specific file on shutdown...

I'd rather do it on shutdown instead of startup. It's just a simple playlist but anyway... if you got a tip for me, please let me know.

BTW, I'm using Windows XP Pro.

Thanx

[Yzöwl]

Click

• Start » Run » (type) gpedit.msc » OK
  

Then

• Computer Configuration » Windows Settings » Scripts (Startup/Shutdown) » (Double Click) Shutdown » Add
  

and browse to your script etc.

[JonesDK]

Ahh... nice

Thank You!

[atomizer]

if you're trying to delete files that are in use by windows, you can use unlocker. works like a champ.

[JonesDK]

It's nothing like that but thanx anyway. It has to be done on every shutdown. Trying to figure out this scripting thing. So far I've figured I should use this:

function DeleteFile(filespec)
{
   var fso;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   fso.DeleteFile(filespec);
}

Just seems to be put into content in some way. Can't use the function as it is...

The file is:

C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl

- or maybe the entire folder.

Any help would be appreciated

Edited October 2, 2005 by JonesDK

[Yzöwl]

In vbs you will probably want something like this

WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").DeleteFile("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl")

[JonesDK]

Awesome - it works

Thank You Yzöwl!

[gunsmokingman]

This is with a error control in it. It is always better to use a If Exists Statement,

in a vbs script.

If Exists statement to delete file

Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If Fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl") Then

Fso.DeleteFile("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl")

Else

Msgbox "Cannot Find File", 0 + 32, "Error"

End If

If Not Statement to delete file

Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If Not Fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl") Then

Msgbox "Cannot Find File", 0 + 32, "Error"

Else

Fso.DeleteFile("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl")

End If

The If exixts Statement in One Line

Dim Fso : Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") : If Fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl") Then Fso.DeleteFile("C:\Program Files\foobar2000\playlists\000000000 - Default.fpl") Else Msgbox "Cannot Find File", 0 + 32, "Error" End If

Edited October 2, 2005 by gunsmokingman

[JonesDK]

Cool... will try one of those. I was a little too quick with the first script. It DID give an error... just not when I tested it using cscript.exe, but on shutdown it did.

Edited October 3, 2005 by JonesDK

[JonesDK]

I get the error "Cannot find script engine 'VBSCript' for 'C:\Script.vbs'"

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanx

[gunsmokingman]

right click the vbs file

select open with

navigate to windows\system32\wscript.exe

select that.

It sound like you have to re associate the wscript as

the defualt script engine.

[JonesDK]

Found another quite simple solution

And by the way, it WAS already associated to wscript, so I don't know exactly what's wrong. Maybe I need a re-install of windows. Been a long time now.

The simple solution was to just make a clean playlist and make it read-only. And it seems to work

Thanx all for your suport anyway.

Edited October 4, 2005 by JonesDK