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Gordon J. Rattray

Hi there,

I'm trying to find something that will delete ALL temp files in the XP O/S
drive in one fell swoop.

There are 5 users on this machine and I have to go into each user to delete
the user temp dirs one by one due to user rights. Even with me as
administrator, I can't use Explorer to delete all temp files from another
user's (with lesser rights) temp folder.

I tried CC Cleaner, but even it's limited to the current user's temp folder.

Any ideas on what I can use or do to clean out all temp files in once
motion?

Thanks,

Gordon
 
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Hi there,

I'm trying to find something that will delete ALL temp files in the XP O/S
drive in one fell swoop.

There are 5 users on this machine and I have to go into each user to delete
the user temp dirs one by one due to user rights. Even with me as
administrator, I can't use Explorer to delete all temp files from another
user's (with lesser rights) temp folder.

I tried CC Cleaner, but even it's limited to the current user's temp folder.

Any ideas on what I can use or do to clean out all temp files in once
motion?

Thanks,

Gordon
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How about a little batch file called Cleanup.bat located in this folder:

c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup

@echo off
del /y /q "%UserProfile%\temp\*.*"

Adjust it to reflect the actual folder name you wish to clean out.
 
Gordon said:
Hi there,

I'm trying to find something that will delete ALL temp files in the XP O/S
drive in one fell swoop.

There are 5 users on this machine and I have to go into each user to delete
the user temp dirs one by one due to user rights. Even with me as
administrator, I can't use Explorer to delete all temp files from another
user's (with lesser rights) temp folder.

I tried CC Cleaner, but even it's limited to the current user's temp folder.

Any ideas on what I can use or do to clean out all temp files in once
motion?

Thanks,

Gordon
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Hi Gordon
Did you try the Costume Folders Option in Crap Cleaner?
 
good idea, but there is no temp under %userprofile%, you are missing "local
settings"
it either
del /y /q "%temp%\*.*"
or
del /y /q "%userprofile%\local settings\temp\*.*"

I was thinking somewhere along the lines (note, it's not verified batch, it
is an idea only):
(remove numbers at the beginning of each line)

1 @echo off
2 cd /d "%systemdrive%\documents and settings"
3 for /d %%i in (*) do if exist "%%i\local settings\temp" cd /d "%%i\local
settings\temp" & rd . /s /q
4 goto:eof

but, alas, it won't work til OP fixes his rights first, yours, however will
do the trick once it's corrected.
 
Gordon J. Rattray said:
Hi there,

I'm trying to find something that will delete ALL temp files in the XP O/S
drive in one fell swoop.

There are 5 users on this machine and I have to go into each user to delete
the user temp dirs one by one due to user rights. Even with me as
administrator, I can't use Explorer to delete all temp files from another
user's (with lesser rights) temp folder.

I tried CC Cleaner, but even it's limited to the current user's temp folder.

Any ideas on what I can use or do to clean out all temp files in once
motion?

Thanks,

Gordon
Click to expand...

Put a batch file to delete the temp files into the Startup group for
each user. That way each one will get cleaned up automatically when
they log in.

deltemp.bat

del %temp%\*.* /s /q


Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
 
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