使用批处理文件从“开始”菜单中删除项目

Question

I want to remove an item from the start menu using batch scripts in admin mode ofcourse I tried the following

Set scut=C:\users
del /s /q /f %scut%\name of shortcut.lnk

but it does not seem to be working. can anyone please point me to the right direction.

I will make the question a bit clear by providing screen shot here actually I want to remove Notepad or Microsoft Word 2010 or notepad++.exe using command prompt

Answer 1

I'm not sure if I got your question right...

If you want to delete a shortcut from the windows start menu you must know where the .lnk files are located:

Per-user menu: C:\\Users[username]\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu All user's menu: C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu

So the code should be something link this:

DEL /Q "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\shortcut.lnk"

or

DEL /Q "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\shortcut.lnk"

If the .lnk is located in a subfolder you'll obviously have to modify the path ;-)

Answer 2

Set scut=C:\Users
cd /d %scut%
del /s /q /f "name of shortcut.lnk"

So, change directory to %scut% and recursively delete the shortcut in double quotes (because spaces).

Try http://superuser.com next time, it's more IT Pro audience oriented.

EDIT. Apparently del doesn't follow SYMLINKS, so "%scut%\\All Users\\" becomes a particular case, just add it at the end.

cd /d "%scut%\All Users"
del /s /q /f "name of shortcut.lnk"