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I have a task in the task scheduler on a Windows 2012 file server. The task has to delete the contents of a temporary general access directory every Sunday night. It runs at the scheduled times and reports success each time but the directory contents aren't being deleted.

The task includes this batch file:

D:  
cd D:\Shared\Temp\  
del /Q /F /S "D:\Shared\Temp\*.*"

This is the task's xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
  <RegistrationInfo>
    <Date>2014-06-16T12:13:45.8524361</Date>
    <Author>OFFICE\Administrator</Author>
    <Description>Weekly deletes the contents of the Temp directory</Description>
  </RegistrationInfo>
  <Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger>
      <StartBoundary>2014-06-22T20:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByWeek>
        <DaysOfWeek>
          <Sunday />
        </DaysOfWeek>
        <WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval>
      </ScheduleByWeek>
    </CalendarTrigger>
  </Triggers>
  <Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>OFFICE\Administrator</UserId>
      <LogonType>Password</LogonType>
      <RunLevel>LeastPrivilege</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
  </Principals>
  <Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>true</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>false</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>false</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <WakeToRun>true</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
  </Settings>
  <Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>"D:\IT\tempdelete.bat"</Command>
    </Exec>
  </Actions>
</Task>

I can't understand why this task doesn't do what it's supposed to do. Could someone with more experience shed some light on this?

Update 11 August 2014

There was another answer here which suggested the following edit in my batch command (I don't know why it has been deleted):

D:
cd D:\Shared\Temp\
del /F /S "D:\Shared\Temp\*.*" 1> D:\my.log 2>&1

This weekend I ran this script. The Task Scheduler is still claiming that the job finished with success but this time I have a contradictory my.log file:

The system cannot find the path specified.

I cannot see a path definition error in my script. The specified path is correct.

Should I not change the directory as joeqwerty states?
or
Should I define the directory change in brackets, too?
or what???

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