Windows 10: Need help with batch file

No serious Batch file or scripting experience, so bear with me. We use a site for our business that has to run on IE and has to have the cache cleared a certain way sometimes for it to function.

We have to go IE options, uncheck delete history on exit - go to delete browsing hisotry and
uncheck preserve favorites
check the rest
delete/apply

Then we have to go in the IE settings and go to delete browsing hisotry and
Check preserve favorites
Uncheck Temp files
Uncheck cookies
Delete/apply

Having end users attempt to follow these directions has been a nightmare and so has manually doing this, either in person or remotely to over 290 pc's.

All are on Windows 7 pro

What can I create 2 shortcuts that, when double clicked, will execute those commands?
I will push the shortcuts via gpo so that part I am good with

Any help or advice would be great.

:)

 

microsoft should make a store app for just batch files or vbs scripts and software

so I was thinking people could make help full batch files that will help people so they do not have to do a lot of typing to fix their pc .

We all know that batch files are very powerful scripts. SO if you can use the batch files and vbs to help others all the batch files should be free. This could help millions of people or get people to start making batch files to . I want this to happen .and
apply the new store app so it comes through an update not get it from the store.

 

How to set an Ethernet Connection as Metered to control Updates, Drivers, Store and others

so you cant run the batch file without taking ownership of that reg key, but this program changes your Ethernet to metered with a simple click.. unbelievable.

Downloads / Software / Winaero Tweaker

this still doesn't help me. I need to automate this and make it metered for all desktops on my network.

any idea why the batch wouldn't work. The commands in the batch file are supposed to change ownership. Did i miss something?

 

The best is to use a free program called autoit which is a programing language AutoIt its free and makes writing complex scripts simple you can then compile to an exe and run like any windows app. You will find you can create all sorts of apps very simply see tutor Tutorial - WinZip what makes it so good is can download a macro recorder so you record what you want it then produces the code for you as simple as that lots of video tutors for it Autoit Tutorials Part 2 Record and Play back using AU3Recorder - YouTube

 

Thanks, much appreciated, but I am more into learning how to complete these task instead of a program doing it for me.

 

You can use both write the code or use the macro using the macro ois a quick way to learn there are lots of forums and help for it its been about for years and very powerful offering a lot more than cmd files

 

Hi,

Try this,
Code: @echo off RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8389627 reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "ClearBrowsingHistoryOnExit" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "UseAllowList" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanTIF" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanCookies" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanHistory" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanDownloadHistory" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanForms" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanPassword" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "CleanTrackingProtection" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f[/quote] Or perhaps a little more complex:
Code: @echo off RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8389627 for %%I in ( ClearBrowsingHistoryOnExit:0 UseAllowList:1 CleanTIF:0 CleanCookies:0 CleanHistory:1 CleanDownloadHistory:1 CleanForms:1 CleanPassword:1 CleanTrackingProtection:1 ) do ( for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%I in ("%%~I") do ( reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "%%~I" /t REG_DWORD /d "%%~J" /f ) )[/quote]

 

Or perhaps a little more complex:
Code: @echo off RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8389627 for %%I in ( ClearBrowsingHistoryOnExit:0 UseAllowList:1 CleanTIF:0 CleanCookies:0 CleanHistory:1 CleanDownloadHistory:1 CleanForms:1 CleanPassword:1 CleanTrackingProtection:1 ) do ( for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=:" %%I in ("%%~I") do ( reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy" /v "%%~I" /t REG_DWORD /d "%%~J" /f ) )[/quote] [/quote] Thanks man! I will give that a shot and report back! Thanks a lot! Not being familiar with this, does this include the "unchecking" of preserve favorites, then rechecking it? I just am not sure how to read them in full and I know we are to keep the "delete browsing history on exit" UNCHECKED. This is just for when they experience a certain issue

 

It just checks it. Because the checks are only a visual thing, only the final state matters. The registry edits handle the checking. If you need a different arrangement of checks, you can change what is to be checked or not by swapping zeros for ones or vice versa according to your needs. A ‘1’ means checked, ‘0’ unchecked.

The actual clean up operation happens with the RunDll32 command which will clean up browsing history as if all options were checked except “Preserve Favorites website data”. What is actually cleaned up is not configureable. Did you need this to be?