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Number   :  508
Date     :  2001-08-02
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Removal of Index.dat and Content.IE5 Folder
Size(KB) :  2



Ken,

I'm not sure if the files you are trying to delete in the directory
have the hidden and/or read-only attributes set. If that is the
case, the default file-selection switches skips hidden/system files
and will fail to perform on read-only files.

So, if you have problems with the /RS operation, remember that
the /RS switch (and most other switches of "destructive" nature)
has conservative default settings. So, add /H (to include hidden/
system files) and /R (to delete read-only files) unless you
want it otherwise. Also, if the directory has subdirectories
and you want to delete the files inside them, you need to
say /S as well.

If this is for a batch file, you should suppress as much
user-prompts as possible. Here, although if you are lazy,
you may use the almighty /YY switch to suppress *ALL* prompts,
that is not what we recommend. Rather, learn specific switches
to suppress each and every user-prompt that XXCOPY generates
(it is time-consuming to learn all of the switches to suppress
myriad of warnings, but we stress that the warnings are for
good purposes and the blanket /YY switch simply defeats the
safeguard we put in place). Typically, with /RS, you may
consider the following

/PD0 // to suppress the prompt for beginning of each
// subdirectory to process destructive operations

/Y // to suppress the Delete Y/N? on each file

/WD0 // to suppress warning on the root directory
// file-template specifier case.

/S // to operate on subdirectories

/ED // to preserve the subdirectories which becomes
// empty after the file-remove operation. Without
// this switch, empty directories will be removed.

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The above suggestions are all for the /RS switch in general.
But, the "Content.IE5" directory being a peculiar directory
made by Microsoft, it may have its own quirky behaviors.


Kan Yabumoto

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At 2001-08-01 05:53, Ken Ross wrote:
>I am struggling with a way to delete the Index.dat file and the
>folder
>C:\windows\temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 with a batch
>file.
>
>This is what I have tried:
>xxcopy "C:\windows\temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\" /RS /yy
>
>but it doesn't work.
>
>Can anyone steer me in the right direction?
>
>Thanks,
>Ken



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