delete file hidden

[inuyasha]

how do you delete file hidden ?

[weaponx]

I don't think hidden files delete any differently then other files.

FileDelete ( "path" )

[DjDeep00]

@inuyasha...If you are looking to delete only the hidden files then do this...

1. Use FileFindFirstFile & FileFindNextFile functions...to get all the names of the files in a certain folder.

2. Use FileGetAttrib to get only the files that have the "hidden" attribute.

3. Like Weaponx stated...then use FileDelete to delete only the hidden files.

I dont know why you would do this but please ignore this if this is not what u wanted todo.

[Hermano]

sometimes the stystem does not allow you to delete a hidden file unless you reset its attribute (equivalent of attrib -h * in dos).

Edited December 10, 2007 by Hermano

[Arm]

you can make use of Dos comment through AutoIt for example "run(@COMSPEC & " /c del /A:R /A:H $Filenamewithpath)"

[saywell]

you can make use of Dos comment through AutoIt for example "run(@COMSPEC & " /c del /A:R /A:H $Filenamewithpath)"

Or you can use the native AutoIt command FileSetAttrib .

William

[GianAutoitprogrammer]

To delete hidden or system files try this code:

if fileexists("C:\blah.exe") then
Filesetattrib("C:\blah.exe","-RASHOT)
FileDelete("C:\blah.exe")
Msgbox(64, "DONE", "DONE")
else
Msgbox(16, "ERROR", "FAILED")
endif

That should help...