OptimumX Delete Profiles - Windows XP machines

Question

Created a GPO to run a batch file on shutdown for domain XP computers - with the purpose of deleting old user profiles.

For this I am using an application called DeleteProfiles from OptimumX.

cd C:\
if exist "Program Files (x86)" GOTO Exit (Checks if XP or not)
if exist DeleteProfiles GOTO COMMAND

:CopyDeleteProfiles
md DeleteProfiles
copy /Y \\SomeShare\SomeFolder\DeleteProfiles\DeleteProfiles.exe 
C:\DeleteProfiles\

:COMMAND
pushd C:\DeleteProfiles\
start /Wait DeleteProfiles.exe /MIN:14 /Y  

(/Min: # = Delete profiles older than # and /y removes yes or no prompts)

:Exit
End

It works alright, but, a CMD screen appears appears at shutdown, with the output of the program. How do I make it go away?

The real problem here is that users can close the program which causes the script to stop. If I can't make that go away, I would like at least to make the screen not close-able.

Answer 1

How do I make it go away?

You can use start with the /b option:

start /b /Wait DeleteProfiles.exe /MIN:14 /Y

/B - Start application without creating a new window. In this case ^C will be ignored - leaving ^Break as the only way to interrupt the application.

Source - start

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Further Reading

• An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line
• start - Start a program, command or batch script (opens in a new window).