Re: XML temp files

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:01:08 +0200

Jon Cosby wrote:

> What's with these XML files filling up my temp folder (imt***.xml)?
> Just started after installing sp2. Yesterday alone there were 57
> of these files taking 12 MB.
Hi

This is a bug introduced by SP2.

Those imt*.xml files are created when using "Help and Support" as
well as ordinary help files :-(

This means that people that uses help files and "Help and Support" a
lot will lose a lot of hard disk space if they doesn't clean out the
temp folder regularly. Microsoft is aware if this issue.

To delete those file automatically at every logon, you could create a
batch file in the Startup folder (preferably the one for "All Users").

To open the "All Users" Startup folder, run the line below from
Start/Run (including the double quotes!):

"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Create a file with the file extension .bat and put the following
line into it:

del %tmp%\imt*.xml

If you want to avoid the command prompt that will flash by at each
logon after doing the above, use a VBScript file instead of a batch
file.

Create a file with the file extension .vbs and put the following
into it:

'--------------------8<----------------------
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strCmd = "%comspec% /c del %tmp%\imt*.xml"
objShell.Run strCmd, 0, True
'--------------------8<---------------------- 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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