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    Posted: 09 September 2003 at 2:08pm
Is there any way to execute DOS commands from ASP? Say 'defrag -a'...
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it requires a third parent component to open a shell
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Any easy though prob. not the most secure way would be to use Windows Scripting Host (WSH).
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i'm not worried about security, i just want to defrag my hard drive on a schedule... I can save it as VBScript and execute in the scheduled tasks.
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Originally posted by pmormr pmormr wrote:

i'm not worried about security, i just want to defrag my hard drive on a schedule... I can save it as VBScript and execute in the scheduled tasks.

and you can't just make a DOS-based batch file and run that .bat file from the Scheduled Task area to run because why?

no reason to bring VBscript into the mix
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