Batch file to delete files from users on network

Question

I want the batch file to ask for Serial number and username and delete two specific folders from users profile. I made this but it seems to want to delete *.* from folder I am running it from.

@echo off

set /p serial="Enter Serial: "

set /p username="Enter Username: "

del *.* \\%serial%\C$\users\%username%\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
del *.* 
\\%serial%\C$\users\%username%\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations
pause

Answer 1

Try next approach with basic checking all user's input:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions

:inputServer
set "serial="
set /p "serial=Enter Serial: "
if not defined serial goto :endlocal
pushd "\\%serial%\C$\"
if errorlevel 1 (
  echo wrong server name "\\%serial%"
  goto :inputServer
)

:inputUser
set "_username="
set /p "_username=Enter Username: "
if not defined _username goto :endstack
cd "\users\%_username%\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent"
if errorlevel 1 (
  echo wrong user name "%_username%" or path
  echo "\\%serial%\C$\users\%_username%\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent"
  goto :inputUser
)

dir AutomaticDestinations\*.*
dir CustomDestinations\*.*

:endstack
popd

:endlocal
pause

Replace dir with del /Q no sooner than debugged.

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