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05-05-2003, 06:02 PM	#1
ieatacid A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: karana Posts: 9	Batch file i'm having this problem with texture.txt (as i've seen others here have had as well) where it can grow extremely large - 4GB is my record. i've rebuilt my UI and still can't find the problem. what i was thinking though is making a batch file that would load at windows start up to delete it. then i wouldn't have to remember to delete every so often. the only thing is, is i'm not sure what the exact syntax would have to be. it would need to delete C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\texture.txt would this be added to autoexec.bat? or would i have to make a new batch file and have it load via the registry or start up folder. it's WinXP so i'm not even sure if it still uses autoexec.bat any help or ideas would be appreciated.

05-05-2003, 06:55 PM	#2
n0ne A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4	AUTOEXEC.BAT is the simple solution. Copy that : ############## ## EQ Cleaning ## del /F/Q C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\texture.txt del /F/Q C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\dbg.txt del /F/Q C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\UIErrors.txt ## EOF ############## N0ne

05-05-2003, 07:38 PM	#3
ieatacid A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: karana Posts: 9	thanks a bunch man. what are the /q and /f switches for?

05-05-2003, 07:51 PM	#4
n0ne A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4	in a CMD type "del /?" /F Force deleting of read-only files. /Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to delete on global wildcard N0ne

05-05-2003, 08:06 PM	#5
ieatacid A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: karana Posts: 9	didn't work. files are still there

05-05-2003, 08:44 PM	#6
ieatacid A Gray Wolf Join Date: Sep 2002 Server: karana Posts: 9	ok, did a little research and it turns out that windows xp doesn't use autoexec anymore (probably why it's blank). so i made a file called eqdelete.bat the number signs (#) also seemed to mess it up so i took those out as well and just put this into eqdelete.bat: Code: del /F/Q "C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\texture.txt" del /F/Q "C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\debug.txt" del /F/Q "C:\program files\sony\everquest trilogy\UIErrors.txt" the path needed to be in quotes too. dropped that in my start-up folder and it works

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