Delete file at startup or shutdown

Anonymous

Hi, What I need to do is schedule some files to be deleted either at shutdown or at startup. My application can't do this because it is closing after it creates them and they need to remain there until shutdown. My app is currentlly creatting bat files for each of them and adds them to Startup folder in Start Menu. This method is inneficient though. For example how do uninstallers delete their executable at shutdown (startup)??? Thanks, Andrew

tanvon malik

you can run an application as windows starts up you make an entry in registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Run in this key you make an entry and give your applications full path , this application now will run every time you start computer. Have a good luck.

Anonymous

I can't use another app that deletes the files due to project specifications. I need somenthing more simple. I have been using bat files until now the console window showing at every startup was annoying. Is there a way to hide this window?? How do uninstallers delete their own bodies after uninstall??

RaviBee

Anonymous wrote: How do uninstallers delete their own bodies after uninstall?? See MoveFileEx()[^] /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | Freeware | Music ravib@ravib.com

Max Santos

Be carefull with the "MovefileEx" with the MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT From MSDN: This value can be used only if the process is in the context of a user who belongs to the administrator group or the LocalSystem account.

Nemok

Thanks, guys it worked. Nemok

ThatsAlok

Remeber One thing MoveFileEx only Work In Windows Multiuser Editions,if you are targeting your application to Win98 then for deleting file at Startup you have to write the entry in the WinInet.ini It's an INI file, however for deleting it's harder because the format is: [rename] NUL=C:\\temp\\file1.exe NUL=C:\\foo\\file2.exe and so on. You can't use WritePrivateProfileString()because the second NUL line would replace the first. You need to read the whole file in,modify it, and write it back it again

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Delete file at startup or shutdown

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