Batch File to Delete specific file for many users...

[johng75]

we have updated our End Point in the company, but it conflics with office 2000 and XP...

there is a DLL error when we open the first email after we open outlook.

we have searched the synamtec site and found a fix, to delete the extend.dat file, and then re-open outlook...

heres the problem...

the file is in the:

C:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

folder, i can create a batch file to go and delete the file, but i would like to deploy it through the GPO to take care of everyone at once, but i dont know how to write it, so it will work on anyones account.

any ideas would be great. im checking VBScripts too, but the only ones im finding suggest i make a txt file and put all the account names in it, but if thats the case i should just make a huge batch file with everyones name... im looking for a better way...






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[johng75]

nmv... i found what i was looking for

for /d %%K in ("C:\Documents and Settings\*") do (
del "%%~fK\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat"
)

 

[smah]

You're better off using user environment variables, since the users could have been configured differently.

@echo off
if exist "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat" (
del "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat"
) ELSE (
echo File not found
pause

PS this is a fairly common occurrence with other AV products as well, so keep it handy for the future

 

[johng75]

thanx for the heads up, luckily through i was the architect that, many moons ago, set up each and every computer....

but ill add that to my list for future usage...