Scripting

Pretty much all the file-sharing sites are blocked by my current client so I can't d/l the example.

I don't know if it helps finding a solution... Only if there is some commonality in all the log files. For example, if the string 'DBEC1E6' appears in all log files which have 16 character names, then you can more or less state that these are candidates for deletion.

I'm waiting for the other log files from the other computers.
I'll be posting the contents, then...

But I'm not interested in the contents - you are! :)

What I'm advising is that if you can identify common characters appearing in log files with 16 character names, then you have probably identified the target.

It seems to be a binary log file or something...
The first characters in the log file seem to be the same on each computer.
Like you said VBScab. The characters in the log files are : DBEC1E6

So, how can one search for such a binary nonsense and delete it?

Use the FileSystemObject object's OpenAsTextStream method to create an target file object. Dump the file into a string variable using the .Read method against that object. Then all you have to do is search the string. To make life simple, make your search term upper-case and convert what you read to upper-case too before making the comparison.

Lots and lots of script examples around which deal with opening and searching text files so you can use the logic from those and adapt it to suit. Yes, your file is binary but trust me, OpenAsTextStream is happy to handle it.

I need your help for deleting a 16 digit long LOG file in the Windows Directory...

The file is called for example 7A86F4D98CF348A5.log

If you don't want to open the files, you could always try matching the filenames to a regular expression.
In this case I think something along the lines of "^[A-Za-z0-9]{16}" should do the trick for the first part of the filename.

Just test all filenames in the folder for a regex match. If you get one, delete and continue.

EDIT: did some more looking, I think the regex you want is "^[a-zA-Z0-9]{16}\.[lL][oO][gG]$" for the full filename.

PJ

The problem with that - and the reason I suggested content-checking - is that a file called, for example, 'ReallyCrucial22.log' would get deleted.

The problem with that - and the reason I suggested content-checking - is that a file called, for example, 'ReallyCrucial22.log' would get deleted.

Good point, but at the very least you could limit the number of files you'd have to check [;)]

Can anyone provide me with a script file? Because I'm now totally stuck...

Quite so.