Batch File To delete File in Norton Quarantine

woodyg

Hi Folks i need some help in writing a batch file to delete the file swhich are stored in norton antivirus quarantine.

the path for the folder is

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Quarantine"

i've tried this but it gives the message saying the path could not be found

"cls
REM *******************************************
REM **quarantine Kill Program **
REM *******************************************

del /q C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Quarantine\*.*

pause
cls
REM Files deleted"

any suggestions???

Kai

What version of windows do you use ?

Versions older that 2000 require a shorter path name for each folder.

"Documents and settings" is too long a folder name for dos to handle, it probably needs to be "Documen~1"

The best way to work out the correct path is to navigate to the folder in DOS using CD <<Folder name>> commands and then copy the path into your batch file.


Try :
C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\Symantec\Norton~1\7.5\Quaranti~1\

woodyg

Its XP pro.

i tried the copy and paste method no joy

Bluetonic

Use

del /q C:\"Documents and Settings"\"All Users"\"Application Data"\Symantec\"Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition"\7.5\Quarantine\*

Just to Edit that to say of course you can just pass in the path name to the function del as one big string which will speed up performance

del /q "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Quarantine\*"

woodyg

cheers for the help bluetonic.
works like a charm now.