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From: "YoYo" <w DOT j DOT hoogstraten AT hccnet DOT nl>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:45:21 +0100
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: protecting DR-DOS from Windows
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Hi,

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:26:00 +1000 (EST), DONALD PEDDER wrote:

> Alternatively,I need to know how to get rid of that directory. "rd
> recycled" says it's in use,or not empty (untrue in both cases),or
> sometimes says it can't FIND the directory (even though you can "cd" into
> it).

I exit Win9x with reboot to MSDOS, than I run clean.bat and than I
reboot to DR-DOS 7.03.

clean.bat:

::===== clean.bat ============================================================
::
::  File type  : Shell script (MS-DOS 7).
::  Author     : W. J. Hoogstraten
::  Purpose    : Clean up the mess.
::  Description:
::
::============================================================================
::
::
::----- MAIN ACTION ----------------------------------------------------------
::
@echo off
deltree /Y C:\RECYCLED
deltree /Y D:\RECYCLED
deltree /Y E:\RECYCLED
deltree /Y F:\RECYCLED
move F:\TMP\*.* F:\TEMP
deltree /Y F:\TMP
md F:\TMP
::
::----- FINISH ---------------------------------------------------------------
::
:end

MS-DOS from Win9x has no problem /w Win's mess.
Using Windows explorer only on G: (Win9x (FAT32) PART.), does not
always prevent from writing recycle bins. But if you never want to write
on other than Win9x part, it's less chance to get the bins.
But every dir you write in, will become (or has the chance to become) a
lfn. So that's why I copy everything to F:\TMP and clean that dir /w the
clean.bat

> I hope they make the source for Windows available to others so someone
> can FIX this #*$^ OS that we're forced to live with. :-( (Of course,it
> would also be helpful if a new DR-DOS came out that supported Windows
> disks,eliminating the need for this partitioning)

I hope other OSs will be more in use, so nobody will need the Win9x
OS nor its sources.

-- Best regards,
-- Willy J. Hoogstraten.

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