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Hi Alan,

The method I would use is :
if  exist  c:\windows\temp  echo  y|del  c:\windows\temp >nul
I like this because
It's a one liner
The system doesn't stop booting (waiting for you to press Y)
You can't deltree the temp directory by accident

The "echo y"  supplies the answer to the "Are you sure (Y/N)?" question
The ">nul" is only necessary  to stop the "Are you sure (Y/N)?" message
being displayed.

Note : That's a pipe (Shift and the key to the left of Z) between "echo y"
and "del c:\"

If you just want to delete tmp files then
if  exist  c:\windows\temp  del  c:\windows\temp
will do it just fine for you

HTH
Regards
        Laurie

BTW
Isn't this really a question for the PCSOFT list ?

-----Original Message-----
From:   At Neethling [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
if not exist c:\windows\temp\*.* goto FinishDelete
del c:\windows\temp\*.*
:FinishDelete
The delete command will prompt you for a yes/no answer.  Just reply Y and
hit enter.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Mark C. Barron [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
In your autoexec file, put the following line in:
deltree /y c:\temp\     (change to point to your temp directory
where necessary)
It is absolutely essential that you include the closing slash.

-----Original Message-----
From:   A&C Thompson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
To:     [log in to unmask]
Does anyone know if I can add a line to my autoexec.bat which will
auto-empty my windows temp folder on start-up
Alan

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