empty the %temp% folder on startup (XP)

[Yzöwl]

@ mazin

Just an addition or change to your information:

if you use

DEL/F/A/S/Q

you will not need to use

ATTRIB

because the /A switch used blindly will take care of all attributes!

[mazin]

@ mazin

Just an addition or change to your information:

if you use

DEL/F/A/S/Q

you will not need to use

ATTRIB

because the /A switch used blindly will take care of all attributes!

Actually, I used attrib -r -a -s -h with /S to remove attributes from files in the main directory and subdirectories.

attrib -r -a -s -h  /S /D "%TEMP%"

I added /D to remove attributes from subdirectories, as well. This will make it be easy for rd /S /Q "%TEMP%\" to delete all subdirectories without leaving some ones behind.

It could be good if /A (your idea) is functioning the same with directories. I mean something like this: rd /A /S /Q "%TEMP%\"

If it could be, then three lines of code can be shrinked to one. My TEMP is now clean; so I can't test it, however.

Thanks for the tip anyway.

[Yzöwl]

This batch file code will remove all files and directories which are not in use from the users temp files location.

FOR /F "DELIMS=" %%? IN ('DIR/B/AD %TEMP%\*') DO RD/S/Q "%%~f?"
DEL/F/A/Q %TEMP%\*.*

Like I said, system files and directories, hidden files and directories and read only files and directories are taken into account.

<Edit>

Oh and BTW

rd /S /Q "%TEMP%\"

will not preserve the Temp directory, it will remove it too.

</Edit>

Edited July 29, 2006 by Yzöwl

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