problem for delete shortcut

[d3mon]

Hello,

This is part of my script :

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD\PMD.exe",@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD",@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD")
FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD")

The script create shortcut but doesn't delete it, why ?

Edited July 25, 2008 by d3mon

[Paulie]

i'd say its not deleting because you have

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in your script.

(How about you edit the post and use {code} tages

[d3mon]

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD\PMD.exe",@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD",@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD")
FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD")

That's better ^^ Anyhelp ?

[Paulie]

try this:

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD\PMD.exe",@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk",@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD")
FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk")

Dunno?

[d3mon]

try this:

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD\PMD.exe",@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk",@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD")
FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk")

Dunno?

Don't work too...perhaps autoit version problem ?

[martin]

try this:

FileCreateShortcut(@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD\PMD.exe",@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk",@ProgramFilesDir&"\PMD")
FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.lnk")

Dunno?

Maybe you should try

FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.pif")

and definitely you should try to stop using AutoIt tags. Use code tags they are reliable, AutoIt tags are not.

[d3mon]

Maybe you should try

FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.pif")

and definitely you should try to stop using AutoIt tags. Use code tags they are reliable, AutoIt tags are not.

Don't work too wtf ?

[martin]

Don't work too wtf ?

OK.

What I did was I used the command prompt and did DIR. It showed that the file name was as expected but that the extension was pif not lnk. Now I realize that the pif was because I chose a shortcut to a 16 bit DOS program. Apologies.

Anyway here is what I did to test and if I keep the lnk extension and make a shortcut to notepad then the filedelete works.

ConsoleWrite(FileCreateShortcut(@WindowsDir & "\notepad.exe",@ScriptDir & "\Shortcut To np.lnk",@ScriptDir) & @CR)
$s =  @ScriptDir & "\Shortcut To np.lnk"
ConsoleWrite("$s = " & $s & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & FileDelete($s) & @CR)

[d3mon]

OK.

What I did was I used the command prompt and did DIR. It showed that the file name was as expected but that the extension was pif not lnk. Now I realize that the pif was because I chose a shortcut to a 16 bit DOS program. Apologies.

Anyway here is what I did to test and if I keep the lnk extension and make a shortcut to notepad then the filedelete works.

ConsoleWrite(FileCreateShortcut(@WindowsDir & "\notepad.exe",@ScriptDir & "\Shortcut To np.lnk",@ScriptDir) & @CR)
$s =  @ScriptDir & "\Shortcut To np.lnk"
ConsoleWrite("$s = " & $s & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite(@CRLF & FileDelete($s) & @CR)

Yep succesfully works ! Why ? because i was using .Ink extension instead of shortcut extension .lnk ...Anyway thanks

[sleepydvdr]

FileDelete(@StartupCommonDir&"\PMD.pif")

I was having the same problem I was using:

filedelete (@DesktopCommonDir & "\example.lnk")

It worked on some computer and some operating systems, but not others. Then I found this:

filerecycle (@DesktopCommonDir & "\example.lnk")

File Recycle has worked every single time for me so far. It doesn't delete it, though - it sends it to the recycle bin. I don't know if this is good enough for your needs, but it's good enough for me.

Edited August 1, 2008 by sleepydvdr

[youknowwho4eva]

what about a filerecycleempty after that?

[leejb]

Know this is an old thread, but just thought I'd include that this still seems to be an issue with v3. On Win7 with #RequireAdmin, using FileDelete() on a file located on the desktop x:\users\public\desktop fails, however, doing a FileRecycle() and subsequent FileRecycleEmpty works fine.

If there is a solution to get FileEmpty to work it would be nice as I hate having to empty a recycler and have to add the question to ensure it is OK with the user.