[Windows] Dr. Delete: Remove in-use files! - Software

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jdong Eat A Beaver, Save A Tree. Premium join:2002-07-09 Rochester, MI kudos:1	reply to Bach Re: [Windows] Dr. Delete: Remove in-use files! said by Bach: Add one line to your original code it would have probably been OK. Silly me, found that info in the MSDN writeup . I'm sorry about that. Usually, I fully read the MSDN writeup before using a program, but oh, what the heck, decided that I should just go for it.... sorry. Anyway, here's the new/updated version of Dr. Delete. New features since last one: •Actual OS detection, NT vs 9x. •Added additional messages indicating OS detected. •Added 'trap' for unknown OS'es; in which case you may pick the method of deletion. •Close button next to delete button. •When dragging a file or opening with Dr. Delete, the 'Delete' button is automatically invoked (so you get the 'are you sure' message. The attached file is RAR Self-Extracting (if you have WinRAR, you may open it with WinRAR, or even if you don't just run the EXE to extract). This contains the EXE plus the source code. This was written in Visual C++ .NET 2003 (ooh, fancy ), and probably will only compile with Visual C++ .NET or .NET 2003... If you really want to compile it for free, let me know, and I'll write a C# version that can be compiled with free tools. -- Word of advice: Never trust a doctor whose office plants have died... P.S.: Thank you, Optimized, for making me premium!
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richardfrey11001 join:2000-11-15 Floral Park, NY	reply to jdong So where do I find these Index.dat files? When I go to "C:\WINNT\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5" I find a file that won't open so I cant tell what is inside,and Dr.Delete just wants to delete the whole file.
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B Premium,MVM join:2000-10-28	reply to jdong Thanks, jdong. It looks good, although I haven't tried it. Three thoughts (enhancements?): 1. I always prefer renaming a suspect file, if only in order to keep a record of the date of a suspected infiltration. You might add a "rename" or "move" feature, instead of deleting it. 2. Perhaps you could have it open up an interactive shell session, letting the user do what he or she wants? In other words, a working command-line safe mode? 3. Does the old "winstart.bat" trick for this sort of thing still work in NT-based OS's? Thanks again for your good work. -- B
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jdong Eat A Beaver, Save A Tree. Premium join:2002-07-09 Rochester, MI kudos:1	said by B: Three thoughts (enhancements?): 1. I always prefer renaming a suspect file, if only in order to keep a record of the date of a suspected infiltration. You might add a "rename" or "move" feature, instead of deleting it. 2. Perhaps you could have it open up an interactive shell session, letting the user do what he or she wants? In other words, a working command-line safe mode? 3. Does the old "winstart.bat" trick for this sort of thing still work in NT-based OS's? Thanks again for your good work. -- B •Interesting idea... It should be very simple to implement, maybe I will...•Hmm, that might be a good idea... I'll think about it.•No.:) -- Word of advice: Never trust a doctor whose office plants have died... P.S.: Thank you, Optimized, for making me premium!
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_olly_ @gotadsl.co.uk	reply to jdong Hi - this is indeed a great piece of software - I encoded some mp3's from a CD that ended up having a file name that was too long so Windows had real problems with them and I couldn't delete or rename them. I tried everything I could think of before looking at special software. Yours was the first I saw that looked like it might work and... it did perfectly with no reboot required. Thanks a lot for putting this out - I'm going to keep it in my folder for useful software (which is kind of a privilege - ok well not really but you know what I mean!). Thanks again - did exactly what it said and looks kind of neat too. _Olly_
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David Now accepting new patients Premium,VIP join:2002-05-30 Granite City, IL kudos:70 Reviews: ·AT&T Southwest ·DIRECTV ·AT&T Midwest ·Google Voice	Nice, Very nice. worthy of front page material!! you have my vote!! Another question?? care if I give this to a few tech buddies?? Just curious... and let me know.. Considering some of the complications I have in getting rid of some files some of us will probably donate to the cause [text was edited by author 2003-09-22 06:47:18]
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