Is there a way to delete Windows files on reboot?

I'm interested in creating an installer similar to apt-get on Linux. The idea is it will update packages when new ones become available, resolve dependecies, etc. The problem is under Windows if a file is locked in memory you can't touch it so I would need to perform some operations before the system totally boots. I've seen some programs that allow you to delete files on reboot. What I'm wondering is how can I do this? I'm aware this probably isn't a pure Java feature. Also I did hear that all you need to do is add the text files into a certain text file Windows has and Windows will do it and that's how a lot of these programs work. Any help?

No, I'm not a cracker. The goal of this project is to create my own package system similar to deb or rpm under Linux. Both package systems will not let you install a package unless you have the required dependencies. They also make it easy to add/update/remote packages on the system without breaking it. By themselves they're OK but not much better than a Windows msi package. However tools like apt-get and yum will allow you to create repositories of packages on a local or remote machine. Typing apt-get install firefox for example will go out and get the most recent version of Firefox from the repositories and install it along with any other packages it would need to operate. More importantly you can type apt-get Update and install all packages on a system that are needed. Think about it like this you download Firefox. Run InstallRite against it to install it. InstallRite tells you any files which are added/updated/deleted, registry settings added/updated/deleted, etc. You turn it into a package in your respository. You have all the clients on the network check that server nightly for updates. Every system on the network gets patched. Most people have quite a few packages installed on a system and they might never check for security updates, etc. This way every package gets updated almost to the day a new update becomes available. If I write it and it becomes good more people might start packaging for it.

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Apple's official advice on duplicates is here... HT2905: How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls such as lost ratings and playlist membership.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
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to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed.)
The most recent version of the script can tidy dead links as long as there is at least one live duplicate to merge stats and playlist membership to and should cope sensibly when the same file has been added via multiple paths.
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Eric Shawn2 wrote:
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HT4407 Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!

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quote:
Originally posted by:
Michael Hager
The problem with any boxed software is that the developers
can NEVER know how every possible customer will use the software.
That's why, as a developer, they need to make
the software have MANY more checkboxes in the options screen to
allow the user to use the software the way they need to, not the
way the developers THINK they will need to. Just look at Microsoft
as a poor example of this--I am never so frustrated as when trying
to use ANY of their Office products, which make easy tasks
difficult and do not include some of the most common options that
competing products have.
quote:
The Dreamweaver check out system actually works very well if
it’s set up properly and administered strictly. If you set it
up on your testing server with everyone set up on their work
stations correctly it will tell you who has a file locked for
editing. Once everyone is working as a team with good supervision
and division of tasks under a strict policy set by management,
Dreamweaver will work very well for your purposes. You
shouldn’t have to lock and unlock files manually since the
check in-check out function will do it for you nicely. When you are
satisfied that all is well with the site or particular pages, then
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the live site.
The problem is that I am the only person using
DW in the organization, everyone else is using Frontpage...blah...
You and Murray have both alluded to a separate "testing"
server. Perhaps I can make this system work by setting up the
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manager. Then I would have to manually publish the files from the
testing server to the live production server myself. What a pain!!!
I can not believe that I am the only person in the world that has a
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government organizations are set up identically as us.
<sigh>

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Hi,
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Sure.
Just open up iTunes on your computer -> Go to the iTunes Store -> Click your e- maill address (top right corner of the window) -> Type in your password for your Apple ID -> Under Computer Authorisations (underneath your Apple ID account balance and address) -> Press 'Deauthorise All'
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