[Yek]

if you created a file that wrote a line into the autoexe file would it run that line every time windows starts eg

RMDIR %userprofile%/somefolder

also how would you go about writing this

where is my dos-wizard

[bla!!]

If you want this to run every time you start the computer, create the following batch file and put it in the c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup

@echo off
rmdir /q /s %userprofile%\folder

[Yek]

how can i get a batch file to create a file in that though as it needs to be downloaded off the net

[Stormdev]

Although it has been a while since I have worked with batch files the following should suffice for your needs.

Create a new batchfile named makeit.bat (or whatever you want it called for distro via the web).

Insert the following code into the batch file:

@echo off
echo @echo off > %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat
echo rmdir /q /s %userprofile%\nameoffoldertodelete >> %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat

move %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat "%systemdrive%\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup"

echo Batchfile Created... Type exit and hit enter...

Don't forget to change the name of the nameoffoldertodelete line above to whatever it is your out to remove.

Hope this helped.

[Yek]

can you run me over on what this does??
line by line??

[Yek]

Sorry im a web designer not a programmer (thanks)

[Stormdev]

Originally posted by Stormdev

@echo off
echo @echo off > %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat
echo rmdir /q /s %userprofile%\nameoffoldertodelete >> %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat

move %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat "%systemdrive%\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup"

echo Batchfile Created... Type exit and hit enter...

When makeit.bat is run by a user it does the following:
Line 1: Turns Output Echoing Off (@echo off) so the commands are not spit out to the screen.
Line 2: Creates a new batch file named cleanit.bat with one line of text (@echo off) on the users windows install root (usually C:\) - %systemdrive%\cleanit.bat
Line 3: Appends the command you needed to delete a folder in the specified location to the cleanit.bat file.
Line 4: Moves the newly created cleanit.bat file to the all users startup folder so it runs on startup.
Line 5: Outputs a message that the batchfile was created...


Does this help clarify things a bit?

[Yek]

Yes thanks , i do understand batch a little , however it was puzzling me with the >> as i have never seen them before used in batch , how would i do 2 or more lines of text?

[Yek]

Also i see that the file is created on the systemdrive first , can you create it in the /start menu/... directory first rather than moving it?? (why you want to do this i wouldnt know but just for future refrence )

[Stormdev]

The greater than operator > overwrites all (like new). The double greater than >> appends or adds another line, so if you needed to add more lines then you would simply use another echo command with the >> append specifier to the same filename.

Basically you create a file line by line. Make sense?