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Help, this gives me a problem :- for /d /r "d:\base\folder" %%a in (*) do ( ) It "Walks the directory tree rooted at [drive:]path, executing the FOR statement in each directory of the tree" AND THEN IT JUMPS TO ANOTHER DRIVE and continues to execute the delete commands there also...

@foxidrive Thanks - that worked well - too well and the train jumped off the rails I placed the script in R:\Drive_D\VHD and tweaked it to work from the root of P:\. It had a lot of work to do and after waiting a while I hit Ctrl'C to see what was happening. Then I let it resume and it started telli...

The perfect solution is to remove from each folder all excepting the smallest file An adequate solution is to remove from each folder every file above a certain size. My reason is that I wish to have a SMALL archive of a partition with very unusual characteristics, and after much investigation I thi...

Thanks for your concerns about the error message - but I never saw any error. I now find that if I am running a CMD.EXE command line and invoke R:\#-R-VHD\Sub-1\END_DISK_3.bat Then CMD.EXE does indeed show me File Not Found The batch file cannot be found. In my particular application however that do...

Thanks everyone.

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Alan

I think I remember that under Command.com it was either impossible or could cause grief if a *.BAT script tried to modify or delete itself. For use by XP onwards with CMD.EXE I have a temporary need for a Run-Once script, which will do its job and then delete itself because there is no further need ...

Many thanks for the advice.

I intend to explore and report back next week.

Regards
Alan

I wish to obtain a list showing the order in which files are placed in a partition. Defraggler can analyze a partition and give a grid display, and when I select each block it will display a list of the files in that region of the partition, but it cannot export that information as a list. m I would...

The entire concept of moving files from partitions G:\*\ to C:\*\ is flawed, with great potential for error that may be concealed until you try to use them. Move G:\*\ to C:\*\ will copy, and then delete the original with no second chance if the first attempt suffers data corruption. You can of cour...

Defense+ is supposed to intercept every "dangerous" activity by one executable is interacting with another. It is like "UAC on steroids" but different in that :- It does NOT inevitably interfere every time that I launch a specific application - I click and it is launched without ...

So - problem solved - mystery remains. An application is declared as suspicious if it accesses file system 14 times per second (or similar). penpen It is reasonable to be suspicious of such behaviour, but UNREASONABLE that "Defence+" has no such suspicion. I found that I could enable both...

hi alan, can you do a test with "comodo" disabled? post taskmanager result. einstein1969 Thanks, you were right. The problem was present yesterday with Comodo disabled. This morning I decided to start the day by disabling Comodo and then shutting down, and then powering up so that the sys...

I have to admit to being very lazy too - I noticed this SET "TINY=500K.BIN" but didn't examine the code closely. Is there supposed to be any files in those folders? Those files are NOT needed for the script I submitted My original script used the routine ":SHOW_FILES" to display...

hi alan, can you do a test with "comodo" disabled? post taskmanager result. einstein1969 I did switch the Comodo Defense+ protection from "Safe Mode" to "Disabled" but left its Anti-Virus protection set at "Stateful" for my tests. I would expect Comodo to hav...

Thanks for testing the script My "normal" "average" measured time was in the range 35 to 55 mSec. Your system seems to be 2 or 3 times faster. Could that be due to your running the script on a faster drive than mine, perhaps an SSD where I uses a secondary internal SATA connected...