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Shut down accelerator

Mar 9, 2004 2:19AM PST

I downloaded a program from HSLAB (Handy Software Lab)- freeware) to accelerate shutdown which seems to work. There is an icon on my start menu (which I have replaced with a stop sign) and I can click on this before clicking on 'start', 'shutdown'. It seems to work. But the blurb on the site also said you can perform useful functions before you shut down if you want to, including empty the rubbish bin. You have to copy the program(s) to your shutdown folder which is on the programs menu. I couldn't find the program to do this (empty the recyle bin) and emailed them but did not get a reply. I tried cleanmngr but this usually does not work anyway - thanks Grif Thomas by the way for the information about *.tmp folders to get rid of (see answers to 'Disk cleanup does not work') in the computer help forum. So does anyone know anything useful to put in the folder, or does it act best as a kwik kutoff?

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NT - ''shutdown folder'' == no such thing.
Mar 9, 2004 8:16PM PST

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Use Taskbar/Properties/Start menu/Advanced to create and fill one?
Mar 9, 2004 8:56PM PST

This is by head, but you get the idea. Some third party utility like this one might have a look in such a folder. And if you do a lot, it will be a shut down retarder!

http://www.threeleaf.com/software/erb/ is a freeware program to empty the recycle bin. It comes with it's own option to do so on start-up, but it might be possible to emulate the start-up behavior in a batchfile executed by the program mentioned. That's for the paranoid wanting to delete their files before any intruder boots in MS-DOS, thus bypassing the start-up cleaning done by a regular boot.


Kees

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''12-Ghosts'' utility.
Mar 9, 2004 10:15PM PST

1. Depending on just what all you want done to your computer, minimually look at the free utility "12-Wash" down near the bottom of the page.

2. I have created a batch file running in Win98FE with a shortcut in the Startup folder, which does things for me and I never worry about it:

@echo off
@deltree /y c:\98win\temp\*.tmp >nul
@d:\download\clean_up\files\12wash.exe /washall /silent
@exit


Bill Gaston