Scripts in Vista Trying to Learn 4/28/2007 3:06:01 PM Hi, I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered that I need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no experience with scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using batch files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help would be deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. Thank you ... Sam

Re: Scripts in Vista "CreateWindow" <createwindow[ at ]gmail.com> 5/2/2007 12:42:37 PM Hi, Something like this should work. delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*" delstr2 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*" Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE ) ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE ) Set WshShell = Nothing You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok - anyway it will get you started. CreateWindow http://justpageprobe.com The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. Keep your router connected. Email your IP to where you need it. Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. "Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7CA962B7-EC33-422E-B4FF-E83A84760728[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered that I > need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no experience with > scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using batch > files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... > > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* > > I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help would be > deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. > > Thank you ... Sam

Re: Scripts in Vista Trying to Learn 5/2/2007 4:00:00 PM Thanks for your response. I am still having a problem, but have a question. When I typed the path to the files I want to delete I used a sub directory called public~1. If I typed the complete name it would have been ... public documents. The problem is that I have 4 other sub directories starting with public. In Vista I have ..... Public Documents (what I need to path to) Public Downloads Public Music Public Pictures Public Videos That is why I used public~1 (I tried 2,3,4,5 also with no luck) Was that right? "CreateWindow" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Something like this should work. > > delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*" > delstr2 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*" > > Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE ) > ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE ) > Set WshShell = Nothing > > You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok - anyway it > will get you started. > > CreateWindow > http://justpageprobe.com > The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. > Keep your router connected. > Email your IP to where you need it. > Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. > > > "Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > message news:7CA962B7-EC33-422E-B4FF-E83A84760728[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered that I > > need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no experience with > > scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using batch > > files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... > > > > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* > > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* > > > > I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help would be > > deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. > > > > Thank you ... Sam > > >

Re: Scripts in Vista "CreateWindow" <createwindow[ at ]gmail.com> 5/2/2007 11:24:33 PM Hi, That was probably not right. What about specifying the full name? CreateWindow "Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AE02C341-B21D-41C7-ACBC-DC8BCB3A62E9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for your response. I am still having a problem, but have a > question. > > When I typed the path to the files I want to delete I used a sub directory > called public~1. If I typed the complete name it would have been ... > public > documents. The problem is that I have 4 other sub directories starting > with > public. > > In Vista I have ..... > > Public Documents (what I need to path to) > Public Downloads > Public Music > Public Pictures > Public Videos > > That is why I used public~1 (I tried 2,3,4,5 also with no luck) > > Was that right? > > > "CreateWindow" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Something like this should work. >> >> delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*" >> delstr2 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*" >> >> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE ) >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE ) >> Set WshShell = Nothing >> >> You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok - anyway >> it >> will get you started. >> >> CreateWindow >> http://justpageprobe.com >> The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. >> Keep your router connected. >> Email your IP to where you need it. >> Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. >> >> >> "Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message news:7CA962B7-EC33-422E-B4FF-E83A84760728[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Hi, >> > >> > I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered that >> > I >> > need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no experience >> > with >> > scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using >> > batch >> > files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... >> > >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* >> > >> > I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help would >> > be >> > deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. >> > >> > Thank you ... Sam >> >> >>

Re: Scripts in Vista Trying to Learn 5/3/2007 1:48:02 PM Hi again, Sorry, I tried using the full name but it has a space in it "public documents". I don't know how to get around it. Thanks again ... Sam "CreateWindow" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > That was probably not right. > What about specifying the full name? > > CreateWindow > > > > "Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AE02C341-B21D-41C7-ACBC-DC8BCB3A62E9[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Thanks for your response. I am still having a problem, but have a > > question. > > > > When I typed the path to the files I want to delete I used a sub directory > > called public~1. If I typed the complete name it would have been ... > > public > > documents. The problem is that I have 4 other sub directories starting > > with > > public. > > > > In Vista I have ..... > > > > Public Documents (what I need to path to) > > Public Downloads > > Public Music > > Public Pictures > > Public Videos > > > > That is why I used public~1 (I tried 2,3,4,5 also with no luck) > > > > Was that right? > > > > > > "CreateWindow" wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Something like this should work. > >> > >> delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*" > >> delstr2 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*" > >> > >> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE ) > >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE ) > >> Set WshShell = Nothing > >> > >> You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok - anyway > >> it > >> will get you started. > >> > >> CreateWindow > >> http://justpageprobe.com > >> The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. > >> Keep your router connected. > >> Email your IP to where you need it. > >> Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. > >> > >> > >> "Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > >> message news:7CA962B7-EC33-422E-B4FF-E83A84760728[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered that > >> > I > >> > need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no experience > >> > with > >> > scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using > >> > batch > >> > files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... > >> > > >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* > >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* > >> > > >> > I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help would > >> > be > >> > deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. > >> > > >> > Thank you ... Sam > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: Scripts in Vista "CreateWindow" <createwindow[ at ]gmail.com> 5/4/2007 1:23:35 AM Ok, Yes, that can be tricky using cmd /c etc. An easy way out is to make a .cmd or .bat file called test.bat Then you can quote the string like this - dir "C:\documents and settings\administrator\local settings\temp" > fred.txt (just for example - that's puts the dir listing in a file called fred.txt) and put that sort of line in the bat file. then the run command is just - WshShell.Run("test.bat", 10, TRUE ) For deleting *.* you need the /Q for quiet mode like del /q "Users\public........ etc. That should help. Cheers, CreateWindow http://justpageprobe.com The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. Keep your router connected. Email your IP to where you need it. Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. "Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EE0B8DC1-708A-4885-8304-BE5AC50ABA6E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi again, > > Sorry, I tried using the full name but it has a space in it "public > documents". I don't know how to get around it. > > Thanks again ... Sam > > "CreateWindow" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> That was probably not right. >> What about specifying the full name? >> >> CreateWindow >> >> >> >> "Trying to Learn" <TryingtoLearn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:AE02C341-B21D-41C7-ACBC-DC8BCB3A62E9[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > Thanks for your response. I am still having a problem, but have a >> > question. >> > >> > When I typed the path to the files I want to delete I used a sub >> > directory >> > called public~1. If I typed the complete name it would have been ... >> > public >> > documents. The problem is that I have 4 other sub directories starting >> > with >> > public. >> > >> > In Vista I have ..... >> > >> > Public Documents (what I need to path to) >> > Public Downloads >> > Public Music >> > Public Pictures >> > Public Videos >> > >> > That is why I used public~1 (I tried 2,3,4,5 also with no luck) >> > >> > Was that right? >> > >> > >> > "CreateWindow" wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Something like this should work. >> >> >> >> delstr1 = "cmd /c del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.*" >> >> delstr2 = "cmd /c del >> >> c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.*" >> >> >> >> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr1, 10, TRUE ) >> >> ExitCode = WshShell.Run(delstr2, 10, TRUE ) >> >> Set WshShell = Nothing >> >> >> >> You can test the ExitCode if you like. I think the above is ok - >> >> anyway >> >> it >> >> will get you started. >> >> >> >> CreateWindow >> >> http://justpageprobe.com >> >> The FREE Web page utility you always wanted. >> >> Keep your router connected. >> >> Email your IP to where you need it. >> >> Monitor your enterprise Web Servers. >> >> >> >> >> >> "Trying to Learn" <Trying to Learn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> >> message news:7CA962B7-EC33-422E-B4FF-E83A84760728[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > I was trying to write a simple batch file in Vista, and discovered >> >> > that >> >> > I >> >> > need to do these tasks in the form of a script. I have no >> >> > experience >> >> > with >> >> > scripts. I felt pretty fortunate that I could get things done using >> >> > batch >> >> > files. I'm an old DOS guy. This is the task I need automated ..... >> >> > >> >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\temp\*.* >> >> > del c:\users\public\public~1\cqgnet\private\bourtov.* >> >> > >> >> > I have tried to no avail to convert this to a script. Any help >> >> > would >> >> > be >> >> > deeply appreciated as I would learn a lot if I saw it in script. >> >> > >> >> > Thank you ... Sam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>