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‘ purpose: delete *.tmp files in documents and settings
‘ where *.tmp files located at marix

dim strTempFolder ‘ path to user temp folder
dim strProfileRoot ‘ documents and settings root folder

‘ **********************************************************************

private sub DeleteTMPFiles()
‘ delete .tmp files in user’s temp dir

dim fso
dim fsoFolder
dim fsoFiles
dim strFile
dim objShell ‘ wshell
dim objFiles
dim strEnviron ‘ environment var
dim strExt ‘ file extension
dim NumFiles ‘ file count
Dim theSubFolders ‘ subfolders in directory
Dim fld ‘ folder in collection
Dim FolderNames
dim test
dim logFiles
dim htmFiles
dim htmlFiles
dim emfFiles
dim hlpFiles
dim sqmFiles
dim txtFiles
dim bmpFiles
dim pngFiles
dim gifFiles

NumFiles = 0

FolderNames = “”

‘ set shell
SET objShell = CreateObject(“Wscript.Shell”)

‘ get environment var
strEnviron = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(“%temp%”)
‘msgbox strEnviron, vbokonly, “Environ”

test = strEnviron & “\*.tmp”
logFiles = strEnviron & “\*.log”
htmFiles = strEnviron & “\*.htm”
htmlFiles = strEnviron & “\*.html”
emfFiles = strEnviron & “\*.emf”
hlpFiles = strEnviron & “\*.hlp”
sqmFiles = strEnviron & “\*.sqm”
txtFiles = strEnviron & “\*.txt”
bmpFiles = strEnviron & “\*.bmp”
pngFiles = strEnviron & “\*.png”
gifFiles = strEnviron & “\*.gif”

‘msgbox test, vbokonly, “Environ + *.tmp”

‘ open cmd to run DIR
‘objShell.Run “cmd /K Dir *.TMP”

‘msgbox “cd ” & test

‘ close cmd window on completion – C
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & test
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & logFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & htmFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & htmlFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & emfFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & hlpFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & sqmFiles
objshell.run “cmd /C del ” & txtFiles
objshell.run “cmd /c del ” & bmpFiles
objshell.run “cmd /c del ” & pngFiles
objshell.run “cmd /c del ” & gifFiles

‘ keep cmd window open – K
‘objShell.Run “cmd /K cd ” & strEnviron

set objShell = nothing

end sub

‘ **********************************************************************

‘ Main code
‘ **********************************************************************

DeleteTMPFiles()

‘msgbox “Deleted *.TMP files in user Temp directory”, 48, “Done”

im A+ certfied.. read two different books thoroughly before i went for the exam.. currently i work as a net admin.. those books never taught me how to write scripts like that.. how do i learn that?

thanks.

Like I said – Good luck reinstalling Windows

PS: If your lucky and know that ccleaner has
messed up your system, DO NOT REBOOT – run the
System Restore utility to go back!

Piecemeal in the sense that you have to write an external script to use functions that should have a much simpler interface.

Cleaning the registry is a huge benefit in terms of Windows performance. Microsoft itself recommends that you use their free RegClean utility (part of Powertoys). This is particularly relevant for those of us who install and uninstall utilities all the time. Other than the most basic grandma users of Windows, I suspect this includes pretty much everyone.

CCleaner cleans a lot of things:
http://www.ccleaner.com/

I use four browsers for testing and CC cleans up after all of them. Only the things I request though — not the entire cache. For example, I don’t want to clean my authenticated sessions in Firefox which is my main browser and I can set CC up to leave them alone.

Anyway, my point was not to belittle your suggestion. It’s always nice to learn nifty little tricks. But there’s a difference between novelty of suggestion and actual practice. For the latter, I prefer CCleaner to do its job, which it does well.

PS. Not associated with CC in any way.

Shanx:
I am not a big fan of CCleaner because:
1) I can clean temp files myself with the above script.
2) My browser manages the size of it’s own cache.
3) I NEVER mess with the registry when I don’t have to. “Cleaning”/”Optimizing” your registry, in my opinion is an extremely high risk with relatively low reward action.
4) I can’t really think of anything else I would need to really clean up. Something like removing log files or Windows Update temp files, I don’t do anyway since they don’t take up much space.

Additionally, I don’t see how using simple native OS functions is a “piecemeal” hack.
I respect your opinion… to each their own.