Re: Script to Delete Internet Cache Files? by Bill
Bill
Sun Feb 25 00:20:39 CST 2007
Why do you think deleting files from TIF effects cookies? Yes, cookies =
are visible there when viewed in Windows Explorer, but it's a smoke and =
mirrors situation. You can confirm that by navigating to the folder =
from a command prompt and doing dir /a.
Here is a script I use for this. Hopefully the line wrap in newsreader =
won't screw it up too bad:
' CleanTIF.vbs - Bill James - 21 Oct 2006
' Deletes all files from current users Temporary Internet Files folder, =
unless file is locked.
' Nothing fancy, just calls the command line delete, but scripting =
allows getting the users TIF
' Options
' cmdOpt: "/c" or "/k". Use "/k" to keep the command prompt window =
open after processing.
' show: 0 or 1. Use 0 to hide the command prompt window (if show is =
set to 0, cmdOpt is
' always /c)
' wait: True or False. Use True to make script wait until command =
completes (if show is set
' to 0, wait is always False)
Option Explicit
Dim cmdOpt, show, wait
cmdOpt =3D "/c"
show =3D 1
wait =3D True
Dim fld, tif
Set fld =3D CreateObject("Shell.Application").NameSpace(&H20)
tif =3D Chr(34) & fld.Self.Path & "\content.ie5" & Chr(34)
If show =3D 0 Then
cmdOpt =3D "/c"
wait =3D False
End If
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "%comspec% " & cmdOpt & " del " & tif =
& " /f /s /q", show, wait
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Bill James
"Jim Underwood" <james.underwoodATfallonclinic.com> wrote in message =
news:ej5ta24VHHA.4624@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I am looking for a way to delete the internet cache files via a script,
> without deleting cookies. I have a website which is being upgraded, =
and the
> new version crashes due to old internet cache files that are not =
refreshed
> properly.
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> Deleting the cache files corrects the problem, but I want to avoid =
having
> each user do this when they access the app after the upgrade, as it =
will
> generate a lot of calls for our help desk.
>=20
> IE is already configured to check for new files on every visit to the =
page,
> but this is not working in this case.
>=20
> We could simply delete the contents of everyone's temporary internet =
files,
> but this would remove their cookies and all their favorite settings =
would be
> lost. This would upset some users, and politically be a bad move, so =
it is
> not really an option.
>=20
> I was hoping there would be some way to script this so we could delete =
all
> of the cache files, excluding offline content and cookies, just like =
you do
> from the Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files.
>=20
> Does anyone know of a way to do this?
>=20
>