system purge

Joeface

Hi all
I know this will sound like im as dodge as F&*k but anyway, is there any software that will let u setup hot key system purge ,ie that if i was to hold down all the following keys at one time "PURGE" that it would delete all the files I wanted to delete and uninstall any progam I wanted to uninstall, or am I going to left writing a program In VB and hoping I can get it to work write


thanks
Joe

DemonOfTheFall

Youd be better off with something mechanical that just hit ur HDD with a sledge if you wanted to be really safe :P

minotour

If you do end up writing it yourself, please post the test results...........assuming you have an operating system to post it from!

Joeface

wheres the faith minotour , i ask u where is the faith

it isnt that I have any thing to hide its more, for If I leave my job I just want to uninstall the software and games I installed on my system here, just so my replacement cant use them, and not many ppl here are that good with a pc that they would be able to recover lost data and are too cheap to hire some one to do it for them



looks like im going to be programming then... and im very rusty , If i do get it to work i will post up a link where ye can download it form , just give me a few months to get back in to writing code

DemonOfTheFall

You could just use a batch file.

You can use various switches with most programs to do an unattended uninstall/install/repair.

.msi installer packages are particularly good for this. Run a .msi file with the /? switch to see everything you can do. Also take a look at the forums on www.msfn.org. A program called WPI which is for calling other installers might be handy for you to call a load of uninstallers.

You can use a batch with
del blah\blah\*.* /y
or
deltree blah /y

to clear the rest. No point in going overly complicated and writing a program to do it

Joeface

cheers DemonOfTheFall

excellent advice

i will look in to it


thanks
Joeface