There is a command under Windows 95 calling deltree, which can handle open files and which doesn't stopped during execution.

With the command f.e. deltree /y c:\~*.* you can remove a lot of temporary files from your local workstation.
Greetings.

BTW: the command works better for Windows NT then Windows 95. Remarkable thing.

Thanks anyway

Bryce

shell "%comspec% /c del abc.xyz"

The problem exists for Windows 9x systems. By Windows NT you will get the following message:

code:

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The process cannot access the file because
it is being used by another process.

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deltree can also be used for an individual file.
Greetings.

thanks

del "<filename>"

if the file was in use @error will be able to tell you. Either way the script will not stop running if the file is in use.

Bryce

THANKS A LOT