Re: Empty Recycle Bin

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From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:01:30 +1000

That's nice, but please explain why your temp files
ended up in the recycle bin. Were they different
files that had nothing to do with your batch file?

"Alex Kraemer" <akraemer@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
news:eTgLMwesEHA.820@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hello
> Thanks for your answer.
> Everything works now properly.
>
> Thanks again
> Alex
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:%23eaAXZesEHA.2556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > I always thought that when I delete something from the
> > Command Prompt then it does NOT get transferred
> > to the Recycle Bin. To confirm it I issued these commands:
> >
> > xcopy c:\temp\*.* c:\test\
> > rd /s /q c:\test
> >
> > I then checked the Recycle Bin. It was empty, as
> > expected. My experience is therefore at variance
> > with yours. I suggest you run the same experiment.
> >
> >
> > "Alex Kraemer" <akraemer@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
> > news:OgRvrEesEHA.3412@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > > Hallo
> > >
> > > Command i use to delete: rmdir c:\winnt\Temp_old /s /q
> > > Using rmdir because there are about 5000 files in the folder. (del or
> > erase
> > > takes to long)
> > > first doing a rename of the folder, then create a newone with the same
> > name
> > > and then delete the renamed folder.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > > news:eAHNS3dsEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > >
> > > > "Alex Kraemer" <akraemer@bluewin.ch> wrote in message
> > > > news:u%23GuaXdsEHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Hello
> > > > > Every night runs a batchfile that have to delete a lot of
temporary
> > > files.
> > > > > All these files are in the recycle bin after the batch has
> completed.
> > > > > Also the system does a reboot with the same batch.
> > > > > Is there any way to empty the recycle bin during shutdown or
restart
> > ??
> > > I
> > > > > don't want to activate the option that files will be removed
> > immediately
> > > > > when deleted.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for inputs
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > > Alex
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > What is the exact command you use in the batch file to delete
> > > > the temporary files?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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