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aval Posted - 10/15/2009 : 10:19:00 AM
I right click on the Command Prompt icon in the Start Menu and select "Run as Administrator".

Let's make that clear from the start.

Then I attempt to delete the users temp files (where the AV program had supposedly detected a virus - before quarantining it).

So let's just clean up the TEMP folder, OK?

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local>dir

Directory of C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local

10/14/2009 07:40 AM <DIR> .
10/14/2009 07:40 AM <DIR> ..
02/10/2009 02:35 PM <DIR> Adobe
12/19/2008 09:39 AM <DIR> Apple Computer
07/14/2009 02:00 PM 10,752 DCBC2A71-70D8-4DAN-EHR8-E0D61DEA3FDF.ini
01/22/2009 02:08 PM 118,120 GDIPFONTCACHEV1.DAT
07/30/2008 12:53 PM <DIR> Google
06/04/2009 01:49 PM <DIR> Microsoft
09/04/2008 01:38 PM <DIR> Microsoft Help
10/03/2008 09:38 AM <DIR> Microsoft_Research
07/30/2008 12:59 PM <DIR> SMART Technologies Inc
03/01/2009 12:07 AM <DIR> Smilebox
07/30/2008 12:52 PM <DIR> Symantec
10/14/2009 09:06 AM <DIR> Temp
07/30/2008 01:00 PM <DIR> VirtualStore
2 File(s) 128,872 bytes
13 Dir(s) 34,157,551,616 bytes free

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local>cd temp

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>del *.*
C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\*.*, Are you sure (Y/N)? y

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>dir

Directory of C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp

10/14/2009 09:10 AM <DIR> .
10/14/2009 09:10 AM <DIR> ..
02/10/2009 02:26 PM <DIR> Adobe
09/24/2008 09:03 PM <DIR> DeliciousInstaller
09/26/2008 09:56 AM <DIR> DPE
01/23/2009 09:17 AM <DIR> Editor
11/17/2008 01:59 PM <DIR> Excel8.0
03/25/2009 01:36 PM <DIR> HPQKYGRP_000000D0
05/13/2009 11:43 AM <DIR> HPQKYGRP_0000042C
03/25/2009 01:47 PM <DIR> HpTmpEml_2
09/26/2008 09:49 AM <DIR> ImageDebug
10/13/2009 02:33 PM <DIR> Low
07/31/2008 09:33 PM <DIR> msohtmlclip
10/13/2009 04:03 PM <DIR> msohtmlclip1
05/09/2009 02:13 PM <DIR> nse934F.tmp
04/09/2009 10:40 PM <DIR> nslCB0E.tmp
09/27/2008 10:36 PM <DIR> nsq22AF.tmp
09/17/2008 09:02 AM <DIR> nsw1575.tmp
07/18/2009 10:15 AM <DIR> nsw1777.tmp
09/12/2008 10:05 AM <DIR> nsy7265.tmp
09/07/2008 07:44 PM <DIR> nsy8121.tmp
05/08/2009 09:42 AM <DIR> OIS
07/31/2008 01:41 PM <DIR> outlook logging
05/10/2009 08:03 PM <DIR> PSAlbumImport
07/30/2008 12:59 PM <DIR> SMART Technologies
09/04/2008 09:32 PM <DIR> TCD8AE5.tmp
11/23/2008 11:35 PM <DIR> Temp1_wp1_1280x1024.jpg[1].zip
11/24/2008 03:46 PM <DIR> Temp1_wp3_1024x768.jpg[1].zip
08/11/2008 02:54 PM <DIR> VBE
10/13/2009 12:37 PM <DIR> VPMECTMP
10/03/2008 10:40 AM <DIR> Word8.0
10/14/2009 07:40 AM <DIR> WPDNSE
09/22/2008 09:54 AM <DIR> {66e66e5c-3fa7-410e-8306-a319841fea52}
01/27/2009 09:50 PM <DIR> {9DC473C5-0CFA-4D97-B43D-A53932A9C272}
10/02/2009 01:59 PM <DIR> ~DEST
0 File(s) 0 bytes
35 Dir(s) 35,533,828,096 bytes free

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>del *.tmp

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>dir

Directory of C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp

10/14/2009 09:10 AM <DIR> .
10/14/2009 09:10 AM <DIR> ..
02/10/2009 02:26 PM <DIR> Adobe
09/24/2008 09:03 PM <DIR> DeliciousInstaller
09/26/2008 09:56 AM <DIR> DPE
01/23/2009 09:17 AM <DIR> Editor
11/17/2008 01:59 PM <DIR> Excel8.0
03/25/2009 01:36 PM <DIR> HPQKYGRP_000000D0
05/13/2009 11:43 AM <DIR> HPQKYGRP_0000042C
03/25/2009 01:47 PM <DIR> HpTmpEml_2
09/26/2008 09:49 AM <DIR> ImageDebug
10/13/2009 02:33 PM <DIR> Low
07/31/2008 09:33 PM <DIR> msohtmlclip
10/13/2009 04:03 PM <DIR> msohtmlclip1
05/09/2009 02:13 PM <DIR> nse934F.tmp
04/09/2009 10:40 PM <DIR> nslCB0E.tmp
09/27/2008 10:36 PM <DIR> nsq22AF.tmp
09/17/2008 09:02 AM <DIR> nsw1575.tmp
07/18/2009 10:15 AM <DIR> nsw1777.tmp
09/12/2008 10:05 AM <DIR> nsy7265.tmp
09/07/2008 07:44 PM <DIR> nsy8121.tmp
05/08/2009 09:42 AM <DIR> OIS
07/31/2008 01:41 PM <DIR> outlook logging
05/10/2009 08:03 PM <DIR> PSAlbumImport
07/30/2008 12:59 PM <DIR> SMART Technologies
09/04/2008 09:32 PM <DIR> TCD8AE5.tmp
11/23/2008 11:35 PM <DIR> Temp1_wp1_1280x1024.jpg[1].zip
11/24/2008 03:46 PM <DIR> Temp1_wp3_1024x768.jpg[1].zip
08/11/2008 02:54 PM <DIR> VBE
10/13/2009 12:37 PM <DIR> VPMECTMP
10/03/2008 10:40 AM <DIR> Word8.0
10/14/2009 07:40 AM <DIR> WPDNSE
09/22/2008 09:54 AM <DIR> {66e66e5c-3fa7-410e-8306-a319841fea52}
01/27/2009 09:50 PM <DIR> {9DC473C5-0CFA-4D97-B43D-A53932A9C272}
10/02/2009 01:59 PM <DIR> ~DEST
0 File(s) 0 bytes
35 Dir(s) 35,533,828,096 bytes free

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>


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I finally gave up and did this from the GUI. I was prompted several times for confirmation, which I did, and which is apparently not possible at the CLI... unless you disable UAC.
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cj_berlin Posted - 10/15/2009 : 2:28:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by aval

[quote]
only targets files (folder couldn't have a .tmp extension)



Look at your listing:


05/09/2009 02:13 PM <DIR> nse934F.tmp
04/09/2009 10:40 PM <DIR> nslCB0E.tmp
09/27/2008 10:36 PM <DIR> nsq22AF.tmp
09/17/2008 09:02 AM <DIR> nsw1575.tmp
07/18/2009 10:15 AM <DIR> nsw1777.tmp
09/12/2008 10:05 AM <DIR> nsy7265.tmp
09/07/2008 07:44 PM <DIR> nsy8121.tmp


They are all <DIR>s
aval Posted - 10/15/2009 : 1:43:19 PM
quote:
those are folders which DEL doesn't remove


Or files?

Because my second attempt:

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp>del *.tmp

only targets files (folder couldn't have a .tmp extension)
cj_berlin Posted - 10/15/2009 : 12:28:26 PM
David,

those are folders which DEL doesn't remove... you would need RD /S for this.

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