Re: Automatic disk cleanup

You're welcome.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9BC62672-D429-4366-B011-84CAAFF1C668@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Glenn Morgan <GlennMorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanks. That should do the trick. Adding this command to the front of my
daily backup batch file means I won't end up with temp files clogging up
my backups.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

This explains the available options for Disk Cleanup and a little about
scheduling...

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246

This explains a little more.
Automate Disk Cleanup using Task Scheduler in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Automate.htm

Clear the Temporary Internet Files using the Windows XP Disk Cleanup
utility http://windowsxp.mvps.org/clearxptif.htm

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1BD32B5A-ACE9-43C3-B42B-98F6B84F0F61@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Glenn Morgan <GlennMorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Is there a way to set up a scheduled task to clear out Temp and
Temporary Internet Files? I would like to do this automatically before
running my backups (also in a scheduled task), as the default for
ntbackup includes these files for some reason. (Why anyone would want
their temporary files backed up, I have no idea. They're supposed to be
temporary, so why treat them as if they are permanent?)

I guess the other option would be to tweak my backup list so it doesn't
backup these files....
.

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