[Ham-Computers] Win XP batch files?

Duane Fischer, W8DBF dfischer at usol.com
Wed Jan 25 17:23:50 EST 2012


Have you tried going to the Command Promp and clicking on it. Get the screen 
showing the C:\ prompt. Clear the screen, CLS and enter.

Using the dir/b command you can search the entire HD, including sub-folders 
etc., by using the /s command. Such as, dir/b *.dbx /s Which will search the 
hard drive, and all directories, for any files having the extension of 
".dbx". Commonly found where the computer hides files taken from Outlook 
Express. Such as "Deleted Items" etc.

Once found, copy down the route used and go directly to the location where 
the folder is with the files that you wish to get rid of.

Many DOS commands still work, even though they are not included when you 
install the operating system. I copied them into the Windows root directory 
and then tried them. Most work.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KD7JYK DM09" <kd7jyk at earthlink.net>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:59 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Win XP batch files?


> There MUST be a trick...
>
>>From what I've read on the web, XP doesn't use batch files during startup
> and there's no one particular file it even starts from like older version 
> of
> Windows...
>
> Here's my problem.
>
> Some cookies get a death grip on my computer.  None of the various 
> standard
> methods of deleteing cookies and clearing files removes them.  Even trying
> to lock out ALL cokies doesn't work as many websites just bypass security
> measures and dump them to the drive anyway.  Using a different browser
> didnt' work, no accept, no function.
>
> I have to restart into safe mode, sign on as an admin, go to my default 
> user
> account, browse the hard drive and delete the files...  THEN, restart 
> again
> in regular mode, as opposed to safe mode, and hope it took, which seems to
> be about 75% of the time, go figure.
>
> Is there a trick to running a batch file or command line during startup in
> XP before a user account is assigned?  All I want is to go to a directory,
> run del *.*, then back out.
>
> Any ideas or routes of research appreciated.
>
> Kurt
>
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