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edited by MerC to remove anything in the least bit controversial, potentially offensive and PuC. And the yellow text. I don’t want to frighten the horses…

Rick

1. I never use a statement from within autoexec.bat to delete anything at all, and I did not imply that I did. Nor would I suggest that anyone else should do it.

To quote from my previous post :
” I agree that in the autoexec .bat file there should not be placed any statement that Deletes things on start-up”. Couldn’t be much clearer than that.

2. The point of rebooting to complete an installation is that the installation completes during the boot process. Once this is complete, and Windows is in operation, if any FILES remain, they can be removed. I do not remove folders, but only files with the .tmp or .~mp extensions. If you can demonstrate the usefulness of a *.tmp file that is there after a boot and therefore at the start of a Windows session, please do so.

3. Your question : “Well, the question that COULD have followed (but did not) was “WHEN and HOW can you delete the TEMP folder”? It did not follow, because it is not something I would want to do. My reply is NEVER try to Delete the TEMP folder. I did suggest that Windows wouldn’t let you anyway. Why would you need to remove the folder itself? I am perfectly aware it is a system file with a number of uses. My contention is that the files within it with .tmp or similar extensions are not needed once the system has been re-booted – assuming they are still there. If you mean ’empty’ or ‘clean’ it then :

“When” – Answered clearly in a previous post ” This is why I suggest cleaning out that particular folder at the start of the day – assuming you switch on and off.”
“How” – Full instructions are in the .doc or .pdf files on my website.

Thus the correct question was not only asked, but answered as well.

4. The automatic clean-up process I suggest has nothing at all to do with autoexec.bat, and occurs only when Windows has fully loaded. It uses a .bat file, but one that users construct and run themselves. It does NOT run as part of the boot process.

I’m afraid you’ve repeated what has been said in previous posts. You could start by getting the docs I mention, and by all means criticise their content if you feel they are inaccurate or incorrect. But please, in the interests of light rather than heat, if you are going to comment on things I’ve said or suggested, do ensure I’ve actually done so.

Rgds

1) Requires user intervention to run. : sure does, entirely on purpose
2) Incompletely cleans out the TEMP folder : sure does, entirely on purpose
3) Has several coding errors and inconsistencies : the odd typo has been corrected. Thanks for the warnings. The changes I consider necessary have been made.

My method has worked in Win 9x and Win 2kP, and continues to work in XPP, exactly as I want it. ymmv

Rgds

The humour escapes me. I should get out more…

….so sign up for a dozen others. There’s plenty of free ones…

Hi
Sorry I have not had time to read the thread in detail, but by ‘web-drive’ I’m assuming On-Line Storage. As someone pointed out, this is not the same as the free web-space your ISP supplies. OLS is (supposed to be) ultra-secure, but files on it can be shared with members of the ring. There used to be several free versions knocking around, but as far as I’m aware they all, without exception, went commercial. One reason for this, iirc, was abuse of the sharing idea : users were sharing illegal/copyright material.
If you can trust their servers, I would imagine the paid-for product represents a fair $/Mb method of backing-up data, second only, imo to a removeable hard-drive caddy system. The uploading and managing of your files is done through their software and does not need an separate FTP client.

Tried some of the links to ‘free’ OLS in MUSAB’s 2nd post.

Kturn : dead link
StreamLoad : has a free trial, but…
BTInet : fine, though the 50Mb has become 25Mb. I signed up for this one. BookBox Lady : might be what you’ve been looking for since your last one went the way of Mammon.
My Secure Files is worth a second look. Uses file compression and encryption. The commercial version is a ‘real’ professional iteration of OLS.

Hi Big Al
You sure got a knack for starting up or reviving a flagging thread……
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Besides, a few megabytes of web page space isn’t what you would call good space for FILE storage and retrieval…

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Oh yes it is! Simply sign up with any ISP (I have 12 or so) offering it (watch out for those 10Mb spaces that are for 5 different e-mail addresses), set it up NOT to allow public access and store your files on it. On your home page put a link to those files, so that users can download them. I have a dozen or so such sites – my own domain space could not hold all the freeware files I make available. You yourself need an FTP client to access the servers – and a good system to record where all those files actually are. After all, they do need updating now and again….

Hi Iona
Sorry to hear of your dilemma. All I can say is, every single one of the ISPs I use has detailed instructions not far from their home/sign-up page on how to access, set up and use the webspace they provide. There are literally hundreds of ISPs. My suggestion would be to ditch those that don’t give you instructions.

Rgds

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People only giving 1/2 the story..

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From my experience, I’d say that was an above average fraction….

Hi Al
Glad you liked it. I enjoy messing about with icons : reflects my personality – an uncontrollable urge to be in control. You might also like IconShop (see url in previous message) which lets you mess about even more
Rgds

Hi Bruce
Sorry about your decompression problem. Unfortunately, try as I may I cannot reproduce it. This one has me stumped for the moment. I wonder if you are using, like me, the native decomp built into XPP? This shouldn’t matter, as I’ve had this collection far longer than I’ve had XP. When asked for a choice as to where to store the files, make sure there are no spaces in the name, and put the whole path inside double quotes.

I’m assuming also :

that you’ve plenty of room on your HD
that the HD is not compressed or anything
that you have a viewer that can read .icl files – try the freeware IconShop from LionTech

None of these should be the source of trouble, but we’re straw-clutching here. Mark may well be right : for some reason downloading in your case does something (dunno what) to that particular file….

Hi
If anyone wants an older version, I can make it available on my website. At the moment the link just points to the Zone Labs page, but it is easy to also include a link to a zip.
Rgds

Hi
Not only can you change the colour, but you can also change the icon completely. But you’ll need some folder icons to change to! Try #27 on my website for a nice collection.

1. RClick the folder
2. Choose Properties/Change Icon or in some cases Properties/Customize/Change Icon
3. Browse to your choice and click Apply.

Click My Sig

Hi
Here’s something to try :

1. Access your Modem Properties via Device Manager or Control Panel
2. You need Advanced/ Extra Initialization Commands
3. Add to this line (which is possibly blank at the moment ) W=128 . You may have to experiment with the value. What it does is to change the ‘time-to-live’ for packets i.e it will keep them longer in your deilvery stream.
4. At the same time add s11=50 (that’s ess eleven equals fifty). This speeds up the dialling of the number.
5. If no joy, have you thought of a Download Manager, such as Fresh Download, free from here.

Rgds

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someone is just trying to get there hands on your money.

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…if that’s not sinister, I don’t what is….

Hi Ken
Grabbed a copy of Snag It, and you’re quite right. It does much more than SG. I find the autosave with a sequential file number particularly useful. I bought it.
Cheers

Hi Ken
You went to the link I gave and found what? I can’t see Snag It anywhere at the NoNonsense Software site. Drop us the real link so we can have a look at your baby.
Cheers

Hi
I’m not at all sure why you would want to pay for something that Screen Grabber does for nothing, unless it’s the editing facilities that you need and you don’t already own anything suitable by Kodak, MS or JASC. Still, it’s your prerogative…