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Number   :  537
Date     :  2001-08-06
Author   :  Ken Ross
Subject  :  Re: Removal of Index.dat and Content.IE5 Folder
Size(KB) :  2


Thank you! for your help. By using the following command the directorys and
all files are removed.
xxcopy16 C:\WINDOWS\Tempor~1\Content.ie5\ /RS /H /R /S /yy
xxcopy16 C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES /RS /H /R /S /yy
Ken

Kan Yabumoto wrote:

> 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.
>
> ------
> 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
> 
> =================================================================
>
> 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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--
Ken



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