How to Find *. Files and Delete them in any Folder?

[Franky]

Hi everybody!


Ok, it seems to be a hard one .....

I read 1561 threads before i posted this here.


Unfortunatly it seems that everybody knows always the path in which the files are located. I don't know it, because the users have different folders for themself.

I need to delete *.TMP Files and *.FIZ in any SubDirectory.

I don't know in which SubDir are these Files. I need to make it fast and that it doesn't go to the Recycle Bin.

I don't want that the user know that I delete the files and that he don't get disturbed with it while filling a form etc.
The Files should be deleted as fast as possible.
The PCs have usually not to many files on it, maybe 10.000 from this are maybe 200 that should be deleted.
Is there a way to exclude SubDirectories to be searched to make it faster?

I want that the program is as small as possible, that it doesn't need any extra file, only the exe-file itself. No MDAC or whatever.

When I played a little around I got the problem that whenever I started this operations that the Form didn't finish to show completly on the monitor. After the operations finished it showed it.

(If possible please show me an example code, hehe)

nice greetings
Franky

[nota141]

i may somthing that may help i use it to find *.lck and *.net files from x drive and delete them. i will post it as soon as i get to my home comp.

[veryjonny]

I dont have VB here hence just the bits
Add a reference for the scritping object
What I am pasting below is part of the code I wrote for a search program

'get the drives on the system and place them in an array
'starting with the first drive 
dim  objConn as New Scripting.filesystemObject
'Start a for loop for each drivearray eleemt
    Set objDir = objConn.GetFolder(mstr)
   DeLeteFiles (objDir.Path)
next


Sub DeLeteFiles(ByVal strFolderName As String)
    Dim objChildFolder As Scripting.Folder
    Dim strActualFileName As String
    Set objChildFolder = objConn.GetFolder(strFolderName)
    strFileName = Trim(txtFileName.Text)
    strExtension = txtExtension.Text
    Dim mFold
    
    For Each mFile In objChildFolder.Files
           strActualFileName = mFile.Name
            if instr(1,strActualFileName,".tmp",1) > 0 or instr(1,strActualFileName,".fxz",1) > 0 then
   'delete file
    set a =  objconn.getfile(mfile)
    a.delete
    set a = nothing
    Next
   For Each mchildfolders In objChildFolder.SubFolders
        DeLeteFiles (mchildfolders.Path)
    Next
End Sub

I know isnt upto the mark, but hopes gives u a start.

[nota141]

here is my del files prog

[Franky]

I checked the delFiles and it is fast enough. It doesn't block the Form so it is perfect. I will check anyway veryjohnnys too.

Thanks again

Franky