I'm unaware of any Outlook temp files....

Do you mean Internet temp files?

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: jasonb

When you open an attachment in outlook they are stored in a temp file under temp internet files. But when you clean up the temp internet files this does no get cleaned up. If you open a lot of attachments from within outlook the folder gets large and have to clean it up manually. I am hoping that a script can be done to help clean out this area.

Thanks

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: pinadmin

Of course you can. Create a Kaseya script that uploads your VBS file (Write file) to the temp folder, then use Execute Shell Command to run it. If you also add logging to your script, you can import a text file result to the script log or just write and entry to the script log such as "Outlook cleanup completed". You may even want to insert a directory size command in your VBS before you clean it so you can report "250mb cleaned up in Outlook temp files" or something more informative like that.

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Legacy Posted By Username: elehman@computronixusa.com

Okay I understand that but has anyone attempted this. I was wondering before trying to create it from scratch. I am ok on the scripting but thought this migt be above me a bit.

Thanks

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: pinadmin

We run a lot of scripts like this...go for it!

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Legacy Posted By Username: rhayes@expertnetsolutions.com

You will need to create a batch file that deletes the files in the temp folder.
My batch file is called
del_outlook_nettemp_files.cmd



Script Name: Change Outlook 2007 Temp Folder
Script Description: This script moves the outlook folder from default and creates a temp folder on the root.
This script also checks to see if the folder exists and delete the files stored in the temp directory path.

IF Check Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
not = :c:\nettemp
THEN
Write Script Log Entry
Parameter 1 : Changing Registry Temp Folder
OS Type : 0
Set Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
Parameter 2 : c:\nettemp
Parameter 3 : REG_SZ
OS Type : 0
Write Script Log Entry
Parameter 1 : Creating c:\nettemp Folder
OS Type : 0
Write File
Parameter 1 : c:\temp\create temp outlook folder.cmd
Parameter 2 : VSASharedFiles\Create Temp Outlook Folder.cmd
OS Type : 0
Execute File
Parameter 1 : c:\temp\create temp outlook folder.cmd
Parameter 2 :
Parameter 3 : 0
OS Type : 0
Write Script Log Entry
Parameter 1 : Temp Folder Created
OS Type : 0
ELSE
Write File
Parameter 1 : c:\temp\del_outlook_nettemp_files.cmd
Parameter 2 :
OS Type : 0
Execute File
Parameter 1 : c:\temp\del_outlook_nettemp_files.cmd
Parameter 2 :
Parameter 3 : 0
OS Type : 0

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: netprotect

Can you sow a sample of your batch file?

Thanks

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: pinadmin

I created this script a few days ago for Outlook 2003. It can be duplicated and changed for other version. I haven't copied and adjusted for other versions yet but you can get the idea from this one on how to change it.

Script Name: Clean Outlook Secure Temp Folder
Script Description: Cleans out the Outlook Secure Temp Folder. Build up can cause attachment opening issues.

IF Check Registry Value
Parameter 1 : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
Exists :
THEN
Get Variable
Parameter 1 : 0
Parameter 2 : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
Parameter 3 : path
OS Type : 0
Execute Shell Command
Parameter 1 : del "#path#*.*" /S /Q
Parameter 2 : 0
OS Type : 0
Write Script Log Entry
Parameter 1 : Outlook Secure Temp Cleaned
OS Type : 0
ELSE
Write Script Log Entry
Parameter 1 : System does not have Outlook 2003
OS Type : 0

Hope this helps

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Legacy Posted By Username: WayneL@P-Connect.com

I set out to create a script to do the same thing, which I have posted below. However, I realized that this is only useful for Outlook 2003. Outlook 2007 seems to automatically put the temp folder under local settings\temporary internet files, so the script will be less useful as time goes on. Still, it's handy for our users out there who still have 2003.

Script Name: Clean Outlook Temp folder
Script Description:

IF Test File
Parameter 1 : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\outlook.exe
Exists :
THEN
Get Variable
Parameter 1 : 0
Parameter 2 : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security\OutlookSecureTempFolder
Parameter 3 : OutlookSecureTempFolder
OS Type : 0
Execute Shell Command
Parameter 1 : del /F /Q "#OutlookSecureTempFolder#\*.*"
Parameter 2 : 1
OS Type : 0
ELSE

Legacy Forum Name: Scripts Forum,
Legacy Posted By Username: matcomm

to make it work for all offices:
read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\outlook.Application\CLSID\
and put it in #clsid# then read HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\#clsid#\ProgID\
here is the internal version number of the office app installed(works after 97)

i have a script that writes the value to a file like this:
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %a IN ("#id#") DO echo %c.0 1>> #temp#\#prod#.id

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Legacy Posted By Username: brainpower