Deleting Vista Search Folders

"pvc" <pvc.35rc9z@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
newsvc.35rc9;z@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... 'C:\Users\<UserName>\Recent'

is a Junction Point that points the the folder:

'C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent'

So try a 'del *.*' on that.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

"pvc" <pvc.35rc9z@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message Create a batch file.
del /y C:\Users\Dan\Recent\*.*

Thanks again (Bob, I did that); I ended up with the following command (.cmd) file (see below). I will also look into using the Task Scheduler for further automation instead of using the Run command.

PLEASE NOTE: I do not recommend this if you are using Indexing for Search! I have my indexing set to index nothing (no files, no folders, no disks).
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REM
REM Searches
REM
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Searches\*.search-ms
DEL /ahr C:\Users\Dan\Searches\*.search-ms
REM
REM Saved Games
REM
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Hearts\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Purple Place\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Spider Solitare\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Chess Titans\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\FreeCell\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\InkBall\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Mahjong Titans\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Minesweeper\*.*ms
DEL C:\Users\Dan\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Solitare\*.*ms
REM
REM Recent
REM
ECHO Y|DEL C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\office\Recent
DEL C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\*.*.*

Place the bat file in c:\

"pvc" <pvc.35rjx1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
newsvc.35rjx1@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

I'm not sure what you mean by store it in c:\ ?
I store it in a place where I store my script commands. I used Task Scheduler to run it at Startup time, like this:

It works great for me. Click on the image for a larger view.

I mean the root directory of your PC.

"pvc" <pvc.35rs93@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
newsvc.35rs93@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...

I am trying to delete the following file using an automated script (.cmd) file:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Photo Gallery\Pictures.pd4

I want to automate the task of deleting this file. I can delete the file manually, but I am having trouble deleting it from a script file or from the "Run\CMD" prompt.

Any suggestions?
Dan

This works from a cmd prompt or a batch file.

attrib -r -a -s -h del [drive] path] [filename]
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"pvc" <pvc.36u2q7@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Thanks Bob;
When I do a dir C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Photo Gallery I get a file not found. I can look at these files; dir C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Microsoft but when I add the Windows Photo Gallery folder I get no access to the files.

I don't understand how to use attrib -r -a -s -h??? Can you show me the exact format?

The following commands seems to work. Any way to accomplish this in one command?
Probably not because you must change the attributes of the file before deleting??

CD C:\Users\Dan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Photo Gallery
Attrib -r -a -s -h
DEL Pictures.pd4