nucleus wrote:
> a start, search for for "cookies" finds a cookie is there
> at I:\Documents and Settings\Myname\Cookies
>
> a search with start, programs, assessories, command prompt
> using I:\Documents and Settings\Myname\Cookies also finds
> the cookie is there
>
> BUT IF I TRY TO DELETE IT in my autoexec.bat file at bootup,
> with the statement
> Del /q/s I:\Documents and Settings\Myname\Cookies\*.*
> i get the message "The system cannot find the path specified."
>
> the PATH i am using is: PATH I:\
>
> what am i missing???

Long file names and quotation marks at least.
Is your Windows XP configured to parse the autoexec at startup? It doesn't
*have* to be...

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