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Removing Desktop Icons with batch


Raoul

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Hey,

I cant figure out how to delete some icons from the desktop:

DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /S /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"

Thats what I tried, I also tried just DEL without switches, but it aint working.

I tried Desktop (ENU) and Bureaublad (NL), I am using NL Windows 7.

Maybee an other way, making addon that deletes them or.. ?

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looks like you might no be admin, try removing @echo off and putting a pause at the end to see what error is returned.also why not do:

cleanup.bat


DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\*.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\*.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Bureaublad\*.lnk"

note that i have removed the /s switch as you are giving it the full path thus dosent need to erase in any sub dir.Plus i added the 3rd line as its a new desktop path that is kinda like allusers/desktop.And remember ure batch file will ahve to be run as admin.

if ure running the batch as part of an automation then ull ahve to provide a user name which is an admin and call the "cleanup.bat" or what ever ure going to name it.

runpromoted.bat


runas /user:SOMEADMIN /savecred cleanup.bat

you will have to enter the name of the admin account of the pc here > SOMEADMIN

also the "/savecred" switch is optional, it keeps you from having to re-enter the account password a 2nd time if the batch is ran later.

if its being ran from a cd then ull have to change it like so:


SET CDROM=%~d0
runas /user:SOMEADMIN /savecred %CDROM%\cleanup.bat

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I run it from FirstLogonCommand in Autounattended.xml.

But I dont want to remove all icons, just the ones I pointed out, so not the *.lnk.

Will try it with the PAuse, to find out the error.

ok, but i am prety sure its cause of admin privileges.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks but I dont want to delete all of the icons.

Just did this:

DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Bureaublad\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Bureaublad\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Bureaublad\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Bureaublad\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Bureaublad\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Bureaublad\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\VLC media player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\QuickTime Player.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%systemdrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\Adobe Reader 9.lnk"

One of them did the job. :P

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