How to delete Items to My Network Places

[celia1]

Hy,

i want to delete all items in c:\documents and settings\%userprofile\My network places.

I tried to do:
fso.DeleteFile *.lnk -> no result
del *.* -> no result

please help me.
Thanks

 

[tsuji]

Hello celia1,

Don't have what you mean by your command lines. Are they just pseudo-code?... Try this see what give.

suserprofile=createobject("wscript.shell").expandenvironmentstrings("%userprofile%")
spath="c:\documents and settings\" & suserprofile & "\mynetwork places"

set fso=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
fso.deletefile spath & "\*.lnk", true
set fso=nothing

regards - tsuji

 

[celia1]

Thanks but i apply your script but in my case it doesn't function because these links are special!!!

 

[tsuji]

celia1,

I really don't know what "special" really "special" about... But, I had a typos slipped in there. Hope that is not the cause. (I rely on your good scripting sense on all the name of the folders in the path.)
[tt]
spath="c:\documents and settings\" & suserprofile & "\my[COLOR=red yellow] [/color]network places"
[/tt]
- tsuji

 

[tsuji]

Further notes:

I followed your path suggestion. But if this is real problem, I want to know exactly what %userprofile% is. What does it look like in your case? You must have the right path. Echo out the spath:
[tt] wscript.echo suserprofile[/tt]
to inspect what is it.

- tsuji

 

[PHV]

these links are special

"My network places" ("Voisinage réseau" subset of "Favoris réseau") is a folder of folders (at least in winXP)

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[tsuji]

Hello PHV,

Member celia1 elected to open a new thread saying url link:

http://tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=967738

and elected not to clarify here. Maybe that's what "special" all about. No way to know. It's kind of a curious way to treat the forum.

regards - tsuji