Can I write this program?

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Hello.

Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?

Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?

Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

[Tom Shelton]

Re: Can I write this program?

On Nov 26, 6:11 pm, Tony Girgenti <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote:

Hello.
>
Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?
>
Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?
>
Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Tony

The only part I'm not sure you can do is to boot into safemode....

--
Tom Shelton

[Brian Gideon]

Re: Can I write this program?

On Nov 26, 7:50 pm, Tom Shelton <tom_shel...@co mcast.netwrote:

On Nov 26, 6:11 pm, Tony Girgenti <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote:
>

Hello.

>

Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?

>

Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?

>

Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.

>

Thanks,
Tony

>
The only part I'm not sure you can do is to boot into safemode....
>
--
Tom Shelton

Well, you could always modify the boot.ini file and then issue a
reboot. So I guess between the two of us we could figure it out :)

[Michael D. Ober]

Re: Can I write this program?

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:26D15676-FDF8-4494-9D96-FDEF138440A1@mi crosoft.com...

Hello.
>
Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer
in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive
and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?
>
Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?
>
Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Tony
>

Using only Windows tools, no - you can't run the built in defragger in safe
mode - I've tried. You may be able to if you use a third party defragger.

Mike Ober.

[andyjgw]

Re: Can I write this program?

If your problem is really that you can't defrag properly (ie, it keeps
restarting), then how about you consider another defragmenter that
doesn't get caught out like that ? Try "Perfect Disk" for example, or
Diskeeper if that's still around.

If using NTFS, typically it tends to take more to upset it rather than
FAT for example...

On 27 Nov, 01:11, Tony Girgenti <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote:

Hello.
>
Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?
>
Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?
>
Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Tony

[=?Utf-8?B?VG9ueSBHaXJnZW50aQ==?=]

Re: Can I write this program?

Hello andyjgw.

I'm not really having a problem defragging. In fact, i can perform all of
the steps that i want to do manually without a problem. I'm just trying to
find out if i can automate the whole process.

Thanks,
Tony

"andyjgw" wrote:

If your problem is really that you can't defrag properly (ie, it keeps
restarting), then how about you consider another defragmenter that
doesn't get caught out like that ? Try "Perfect Disk" for example, or
Diskeeper if that's still around.
>
If using NTFS, typically it tends to take more to upset it rather than
FAT for example...
>
On 27 Nov, 01:11, Tony Girgenti <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote:

Hello.

Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?

Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?

Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

>
>

[=?Utf-8?B?VG9ueSBHaXJnZW50aQ==?=]

Re: Can I write this program?

Hello Michael.

Thanks to you and everybody for their replies.

I'm not sure of what you mean by "you can't run the built in defragger in
safe
mode". What is the built in defragger? Is that different than using
Start\All Programs\Access ories\System Tools\Disk Defragmenter?

Thanks,
Tony

"Michael D. Ober" wrote:

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:26D15676-FDF8-4494-9D96-FDEF138440A1@mi crosoft.com...

Hello.

Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my computer
in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive
and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?

Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?

Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

>
>
Using only Windows tools, no - you can't run the built in defragger in safe
mode - I've tried. You may be able to if you use a third party defragger.
>
Mike Ober.
>
>
>

[Michael D. Ober]

Re: Can I write this program?

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:7305DAD3-2C81-4C0D-8AED-E0D90E147546@mi crosoft.com...

Hello Michael.
>
Thanks to you and everybody for their replies.
>
I'm not sure of what you mean by "you can't run the built in defragger in
safe
mode". What is the built in defragger? Is that different than using
Start\All Programs\Access ories\System Tools\Disk Defragmenter?
>

Yes. On most systems, the drivers required to run the disk defragmenter
that comes with Windows aren't started in Safe Mode. I don't know why,
however, since the Defrag API is actually in kernel386.exe (or it's
equivalent), which is always loaded.

Mike.

Thanks,
Tony
>
"Michael D. Ober" wrote:
>

>"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
>news:26D1567 6-FDF8-4494-9D96-FDEF138440A1@mi crosoft.com...

Hello.
>
Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my
computer
in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive
and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?
>
Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?
>
Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Tony
>

>>
>>
>Using only Windows tools, no - you can't run the built in defragger in
>safe
>mode - I've tried. You may be able to if you use a third party
>defragger.
>>
>Mike Ober.
>>

[=?Utf-8?B?VG9ueSBHaXJnZW50aQ==?=]

Re: Can I write this program?

Michael.

I have never had a problem running defrag in safe mode. I have run it on
numerous systems without a problem.

If you can't run defrag in safe mode, are you sure it's not just a problem
with your system?

Thanks,
Tony

"Michael D. Ober" wrote:

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:7305DAD3-2C81-4C0D-8AED-E0D90E147546@mi crosoft.com...

Hello Michael.

Thanks to you and everybody for their replies.

I'm not sure of what you mean by "you can't run the built in defragger in
safe
mode". What is the built in defragger? Is that different than using
Start\All Programs\Access ories\System Tools\Disk Defragmenter?

>
Yes. On most systems, the drivers required to run the disk defragmenter
that comes with Windows aren't started in Safe Mode. I don't know why,
however, since the Defrag API is actually in kernel386.exe (or it's
equivalent), which is always loaded.
>
Mike.
>

Thanks,
Tony

"Michael D. Ober" wrote:

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:26D15676-FDF8-4494-9D96-FDEF138440A1@mi crosoft.com...
Hello.

Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my
computer
in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard drive
and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?

Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?

Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

>
>
Using only Windows tools, no - you can't run the built in defragger in
safe
mode - I've tried. You may be able to if you use a third party
defragger.
>
Mike Ober.
>

>
>
>

[Michael D. Ober]

Re: Can I write this program?

"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
news:9F601CA9-1632-4AE3-8CDB-AEFFCD700718@mi crosoft.com...

Michael.
>
I have never had a problem running defrag in safe mode. I have run it on
numerous systems without a problem.
>
If you can't run defrag in safe mode, are you sure it's not just a problem
with your system?
>

Multiple systems, multiple fresh builds.

Mike.

Thanks,
Tony
>
"Michael D. Ober" wrote:
>

>"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
>news:7305DAD 3-2C81-4C0D-8AED-E0D90E147546@mi crosoft.com...

Hello Michael.
>
Thanks to you and everybody for their replies.
>
I'm not sure of what you mean by "you can't run the built in defragger
in
safe
mode". What is the built in defragger? Is that different than using
Start\All Programs\Access ories\System Tools\Disk Defragmenter?
>

>>
>Yes. On most systems, the drivers required to run the disk defragmenter
>that comes with Windows aren't started in Safe Mode. I don't know why,
>however, since the Defrag API is actually in kernel386.exe (or it's
>equivalent), which is always loaded.
>>
>Mike.
>>

Thanks,
Tony
>
"Michael D. Ober" wrote:
>
>"Tony Girgenti" <tony(nospam)@l akesideos.comwr ote in message
>news:26D1567 6-FDF8-4494-9D96-FDEF138440A1@mi crosoft.com...
Hello.
>
Can i write a completely automatic program that will restart my
computer
in
safe mode, delete all the files i want to delete, defrag the hard
drive
and
restart again into normal mode in vb.net using vs2005 pro?
>
Or am i asking for something redicilously stupid?
>
Any replies would be gratefully appreciated.
>
Thanks,
Tony
>
>>
>>
>Using only Windows tools, no - you can't run the built in defragger in
>safe
>mode - I've tried. You may be able to if you use a third party
>defragger.
>>
>Mike Ober.
>>