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 Windows 2000 – Clearing and Reusing Folders
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I am IT tech at high school. I maintain 300+ individual student folders on the server. Every mini-semester (7 x yearly)I empty the old contents from students' assignment folders and then copy/paste new assignments into these folders for use by the next classes. This resetting process has become redundant and time-consuming as student population has increased. Is there a batch file or other that can be written to expedite this delete/copy/paste process? Thank you for your input.

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ASKED: December 6, 2004  1:51 PM
UPDATED: December 8, 2004  11:42 AM
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batch files can certainly be written for this, and even put into the scheduler for automatic run if needed. Below is a good reference for scripting syntax, etc.: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/index.html
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How about creating a template that will contain all required folders. You would delete the working copy and create fresh one by copying the template. You could have a template with or without project files. If project files change, batch file/script could be used to populate new working copy with project files.

Wdorciak
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Thank you for taking the time to respond. I do already use a template but not a batch file. I will follow your suggestions.

THX

KProcopio
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