Clean out those junk files!

Before

Here's a batch file ...

Deltree/y c:\progra~1\outloo~1\mail\mail\*.idx
cls

Highlight and copy it, paste it in Notepad,
change this folder to whatever yours is and save it as "mailcln.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... the secret logs are GONE .

After

One More Thing ...

Let's make sure those "deleted" e-mails are really deleted ...

Deltree/y c:\progra~1\outloo~1\mail\mail\delete~1.mbx
cls

Highlight and copy it, paste it in Notepad,
change this folder to whatever yours is
and save it as something like, oh, "ultra.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... bye-bye, all gone.

' Outlook ' creates these folders again each time you start the program.
Do these clean-ups after each session.
Your business is just that ...
your business .

More helpful "Batches"
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Deltree/y c:\windows\recent\*.*
cls

Highlight and copy this and save as "rcnt.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... a secret log of your recent doings is gone.

Deltree/y c:\windows\applog\*.*
cls

Highlight and copy this and save as "app.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... another log of your recent doings is gone.

Deltree/y c:\windows\history\*.*
cls

Highlight and copy this and save as "hstry.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... yet another log of your recent doings is gone.

Deltree/y c:\windows\cookies\*.*
cls

Highlight and copy this and save as "crmb.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... crumble those cookies.

Deltree/y c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
cls

Highlight and copy this and save as "net.bat".
Double click on it's icon and ... those files in the internet cache are gone.

Deltree/y c:\windows\cookies\index.dat
Deltree/y c:\windows\tempor~1\index.dat

Highlight and copy these and add them to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file at c:\ .
Deletes the logs (yep, two more!) of your internet activities.
(Works when you restart.)

Make It All Automatic

Deltree/y c:\windows\tempor~1\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\temp\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\cookies\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\history\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\applog\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\recent\*.*
Deltree/y c:\windows\win386.swp
Deltree/y c:\progra~1\outloo~1\mail\mail\delete~1.mbx
Deltree/y c:\progra~1\outloo~1\mail\mail\*.idx
Deltree/y c:\progra~1\frontp~1\temp\*.*

Highlight and copy all of the above and paste into Notepad.
Change these folder locations to match yours.
Add the corrected lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file at c:\ .
You'll get a clean, fresh start every time!

Windows will create a new swap file at start-up.
Your personal data can be stored there without you knowing it !
This will get rid of that problem !!

Note : If you've never cleaned out your computer,
be prepared to wait a while for your machine to launch Windows.
The longer it takes means the more junk you've accumulated.

A friend of mine had me set his up to auto-clean.
He called in a panic and said " ... it just keeps deleting stuff ... it won't start ..."
I told him that I'd found over seven hundred MEGS(!!!) of junk files
and that it would probably take 15 or 20 minutes to complete.
( To date, he still holds the record ... 47 minutes + ! )

Now ...
Run Scandisk. Then run Disk Defragmenter.
Now restart your computer.
Enjoy !

By the way, here's a better way to defragment your files . . . .

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx]
"Flags"=dword:00000003
"Title"="Defrag at Startup"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\Defrag]
"Cmd"="||DEFRAG.EXE /ALL /nopromt"

Highlight and copy the above and save it as file Frag_2.reg .
Then, double click on it's icon, click OK twice, and presto!
Your computer will defragment on startup,
BEFORE any other programs start !
Tighter, faster, better.
( Note : Be sure to run Scandisk before you restart. )