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Program to erase bak files?

MRM4TN — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:43:00 GMT

I'm looking for a good program that will automatically erase old bak files. I have one called AutoErase, but I can't get it to work on any machine. It used to work great. I could set it for which directories I want, files other than .bak files, and more. I'd like to find something similar to that. Thanks.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

peterm — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:55:21 GMT

I just use Windows File Explorer and do a search for *.bak, then delete them.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

qnologi — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:03:48 GMT

This back and forth seemed worth reading... unless you already have.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-2000-2000i-2002-archive/are-bak-files-necessary-after-a-drawing-is-saved/td-p/1253054

Re: Program to erase bak files?

TerryDotson — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:20:28 GMT

As mentioned, Windows Explorer can find and delete all BAK files in bulk, so can the Windows CMD console. If you were to consider third party software, DotSoft's ToolPac contains a more selective BAK purge that can search a drive/folders and shows the current drawings and their bak files (with previews) and time/size differences to help make more careful deletions.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

murray-clack — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:30:58 GMT

Have you looked into the MOVEBAK command?

Re: Program to erase bak files?

qnologi — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 18:41:03 GMT

It was briefly, or somewhat mentioned in my post. : )

Re: Program to erase bak files?

MRM4TN — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 18:15:33 GMT

I could use Windows Explorer, but we have mutiple drawing directories and I like to keep .bak files that are up to 2 weeks old, just in case.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

peterm — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 08:09:40 GMT

In which case, you just do a search from the root directory, then order the bak files by date and delete all the ones older than 2 weeks.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

leothebuilder — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:45:45 GMT

I use the MOVEBAK command (Express Tools) to divert all the .bak files to a specific

folder on my C-drive called (you guessed it) "Bakfiles".

From there it's very simply to delete older files no longer needed.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

Ed__Jobe — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:39:00 GMT

I use the MOVEBAK command. Then I have this .NET dll that deletes bak files from the movebak folder which are older than 30 days. It runs when you close acad. You don't have to do anything. The included script will NETLOAD it for you.

Re: Program to erase bak files?

josue777torsan — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 04:29:35 GMT

How do you load dll file?

Re: Program to erase bak files?

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