How can I use my cleanup.cmd file to delete the Online Services folder inside the Program Files folder. Does anyone here know? Thanks.

Have you tried

rd /s /q "C:\Program Files\Online Services"

Have you tried

rd /s /q "C:\Program Files\Online Services"

Is this command the same as the one that you posted above?

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Online Services\

Have you tried

rd /s /q "C:\Program Files\Online Services"

Is this command the same as the one that you posted above?

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Online Services\

No, your command will yeild this result

rd /s /q c:\Online Services\

Where c: is your install drive.

More accurately, it will yeild this

rd /s /q c:\Online

Because you forgot to wrap quotes around the command, DOS will assume the space is the end of the command and

Services\

is a switch.

Edited February 14, 200719 yr by Gee

Also should be

RD /S /Q "%ProgramFiles%\Online Services\"

not

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Online Services\

Unless the folder is actually

c:\Online Services

and not

C:/Program Files\Online Services\

as originally stated

Edited February 14, 200719 yr by phkninja

Thanks for the help guys! I have one final set of questions here. How do I remove the sample music and sample pictures folders in the My Music and My Pictures folder with cleanup.cmd? Thanks!

Thanks for the help guys! I have one final set of questions here. How do I remove the sample music and sample pictures folders in the My Music and My Pictures folder with cleanup.cmd? Thanks!

heh, are you sure you want to do that!?

I believe even after you deleted it, the system re-creates this directory eventually - pointless!

Thanks for the help guys! I have one final set of questions here. How do I remove the sample music and sample pictures folders in the My Music and My Pictures folder with cleanup.cmd? Thanks!

heh, are you sure you want to do that!?

I believe even after you deleted it, the system re-creates this directory eventually - pointless!

If I delete it manually, the folders never return.

bump!

Basically use the command as stated in the previous posts and give the path to the folders.

RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures"

RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\Sample Music"

Basically use the command as stated in the previous posts and give the path to the folders.

RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures"

RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\Sample Music"

Sorry for bumping up an old thread, but I just want to let you know that it no longer works under Windows XP SP3. Do you happen to know why it won't work anymore?

Here is what I use in my cleanup.cmd to remove the shortcuts from my documents and the actual samples from all users. This is with XP SP3.

DEL /Q "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Music\Sample Music.lnk"

DEL /Q "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Pictures\sample pictures.lnk"

RD /S /Q "%AllusersProfile%\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures"

RD /S /Q "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Sample Music"

RD /S /Q "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Sample Playlists"

Here is what I use in my cleanup.cmd to remove the shortcuts from my documents and the actual samples from all users. This is with XP SP3.

DEL /Q "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Music\Sample Music.lnk"

DEL /Q "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Pictures\sample pictures.lnk"

RD /S /Q "%AllusersProfile%\Documents\My Pictures\Sample Pictures"

RD /S /Q "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Sample Music"

RD /S /Q "%allusersprofile%\Documents\My Music\Sample Playlists"

What's the difference between DEL and RD? I tried to copy and paste the RD commands, but it didn't work.

RD is the remove directory command to remove an entire directory such as the sample picture folder. The /S switch is required to remove a directory that is not empty, the /Q switch does it silently. DEL is the delete command to delete a single file such as the shortcut to the sample picture folder. When are you running your cleanup.cmd? I run mine with RunOnceEx and it works fine.

hello, apologies for resurrecting an old thread but i searched and this came up which might be suited to my needs.

i'd like to know what commands/pathways to delete shortcuts from the start menu of a specific user and or all users.

would it be

 DEL /Q "%userprofile%\start menu\set menu program and defaults.lnk"

or

DEL /Q "%allusersprofile%\start menu\set menu program and defaults.lnk"

and what if i want to delete a shortcut in the start menu/programs menu?

would that be?

DEL /Q "%allusersprofile%\start menu\programs\shortcut.lnk"