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| Thread ID: 24131 | 2002-09-04 04:01:00 | powerdefrag | hukcomse (1516) | Press F1 |
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| 76322 | 2002-09-09 09:41:00 | Hi Damien It's something that I mentioned on the old Press F1 quite some time ago and said I would post once finished but it has developed a life of its own and I keep adding to it. Essentially it is a boot disk with autoexec file that runs a batch file to delete all the unwanted files. I tried a number of smart batch files from the net but they didn't give me control over what happened to my computer and I had to trust the writer. That made me uncomfortable! So, I started to write my own and although it is not what you would call an elegant example of the batch file programmer's art, it advises the user what is happening every step of the way, shows what it is about to delete, tells you when it has been deleted, and will accommodate any version of win9x. It even offers the option to delete the shelliconcache file to refresh your desktop once in a while. It is intentionally simple so that users can edit it themselves if need be or to remove functions they don't want. I'm currently working on getting it up to speed on Win2K as well. Latest touch is to copy my Press F1 cookie before wiping the cookies file then write it back at the end of the process so that I don't have to log in again. This function will also save any other cookies you want to keep. It is written for use by absolute newbies and can be trusted not to delete anything unless you ask it to. This doesn't slow things down much either and the whole process is over in about a minute. If there is any interest out there let me know and I'll try to accelerate the process. I'll eventually need somebody to host it for download if that happens because for newbies it is best to offer a complete package. I have hacked Io.sys to say "Starting Index.dat remover when booting but if I spread it around it will probably say "Starting Billy's @#$(*&^%" instead, it 's taken so long! Unfortunately I haven't had time to work on it much lately due to pressure of work (haven't even been able to hang out at press F1 either, I'll never catch up with Susan now! Cheers Billy 8-{) :D :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 76323 | 2002-09-09 11:46:00 | Hi Bill T Thanks for your explanation, the technicalities were a bit beyond my understanding being only a very little more advanced than a newbie. And mentioning the autoexec file gives me a migraine. Yes I'd be very interested in your program. I run Clean & Tidy weekly. It works well but when I run Ad-aware it needs to be reinstalled due to the spyware it contains. Thanks again Damien |
Damien (1751) | ||
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