Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:52:03 [GMT +0700] (10:52 AM EST here) Thomas Fernandez wrote:
> Hello Daniel, > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:18:18 -0500 GMT (15/01/03, 21:18 +0700 GMT), > Daniel Grunberg wrote: >> To make a long story short, I've used Hardware Hell's suggestions in >> my autoexec.bat file. Deleting the files almost every time my system >> starts helps to keep my computer running efficiently. > I thought about it earlier. Deleting the tmp files automatically when > rebooting may cause problems when you install new software that needs > a reboot. So I decided against it. I included a CHOICE statement in my autoexec.bat, that gives me a few seconds to turn the deleting process off. > I created a file cleanup.bat that deletes unnecessary files, so I can > run it when I want to. Before I wrote my version of autoexec.bat, I searched for temp files on my system. Then I decided which ones to delete at start-up. > It used to clean the tmp and temp folders and the recycled folder, > but I lost that file (too lazy to type it up again and Total > Commander is quite good at emptying those directories), so the new > version deletes all the index.dat files. I have to reboot to DOS to > make it work, because under Windows you can't delete them. Read Hardware Hell's article. Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition on Windows 95 4.0 Build 1111a -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
