Re: Scripts in Vista

Ok,

Yes, that can be tricky using cmd /c etc. An easy way out is to make a .cmd
or .bat file called test.bat
Then you can quote the string like this -
dir "C:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp" > fred.txt
(just for example - that's puts the dir listing in a file called fred.txt)
and put that sort of line in the bat file.
then the run command is just -
WshShell.Run("test.bat", 10, TRUE )
For deleting *.* you need the /Q for quiet mode like del /q
"Users\public........ etc.

That should help.

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"Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi again,

Sorry, I tried using the full name but it has a space in it "public
documents". I don't know how to get around it.

Thanks again ... Sam

"CreateWindow" wrote:

Hi,

That was probably not right.
What about specifying the full name?

CreateWindow



"Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Thanks for your response. I am still having a problem, but have a
question.

When I typed the path to the files I want to delete I used a sub
directory
called public~1. If I typed the complete name it would have been ...
public
documents. The problem is that I have 4 other sub directories starting
with
public.

In Vista I have .....

Public Documents (what I need to path to)
Public Downloads
Public Music
Public Pictures
Public Videos

That is why I used public~1 (I tried 2,3,4,5 also with no luck)

Was that right?


"CreateWindow" wrote:

Hi,

Something like this should work.

delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*"
delstr2 = "cmd /c del
c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*"

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE )
ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE )
Set WshShell = Nothing

You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok -
anyway
it
will get you started.

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"Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hi,

I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered
that
I
need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no
experience
with
scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using
batch
files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated .....

del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*
del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*

I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help
would
be
deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script.

Thank you ... Sam








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