[Mad Mammoth]

There is yet another simple way to keep your machine cleaned up, and it's been working for me for years. What you need is a basic understanding of DOS, your autoexec.bat file, and the directory structure of your machine.

Create a batch file in DOS called 'CleanX.bat' (or whatever name you want to use), and type in the following lines:

c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree/y *.*
cd c:\
:end

Save the batch file in c:\windows\command

Now in your autoexec.bat file, insert the line 'cleanx.bat' so it runs before Windows actually initializes, and every time you boot up, ALL of the Windows Temporary Internet Files will be wiped clean as a houndstooth. Windows will recreate any directory structure needed after you erase the previous existing files.

Note: exercise caution when using that 'deltree' command.

Regards,

MM

[Mad Mammoth]

*** WHOA!! ***

A slight correction - that batch file first line should be:

cd c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree/y *.*
cd c:\
:end

Oh yeah. Like I said, be careful with that deltree command. LOL

[Lancey Howard]

I appreciate the tip, I really do, but I have absolutely no clue what any of that means.
Maybe one of my teenagers knows.

Regards,
LH

[TheOracleAtLilac]

It's a whole lot easier to automatically dump the temp IE files e.g.
Tools>>Internet options>>advanced tab >>security & check da box .....FWIW