ContextMenu : "C:\Program Files\Eraser\Eraser.exe" erase /quiet /method=45671da4-9401-46e4-9c0d-89b94e89c8b5 file="%1" Eraser 6.2.0.2979 (c) 2008-2015 The Eraser Project Eraser is Open-Source Software: see http://eraser.heidi.ie/ for details. usage: Eraser where action is help Show this help message. erase Erases items specified on the command line. This is equivalent to addtask, with the schedule set to "now". addtask Adds a task to the current task list. importtasklist Imports an Eraser Task list to the current user's Task List. global parameters: /quiet Do not create a Console window to display progress. parameters for help: eraser help no parameters to set. parameters for erase and addtask: eraser erase [/method=(|)] [target [...]] eraser addtask [/method=(|)] [/schedule=(now|manually|restart)] [target [...]] /method The Erasure method to use. methodGUID and methodName can be any GUID/Name from the following list: Erasure Method GUID --------------------------------------------------------------------------- U Gutmann 1407fc4e-feff-4375-b4fb-d7efbb7e9922 U US DoD 5220.22-M (8-306./E, C & E) d1583631-702e-4dbf-a0e9-c35dba481702 U RCMP TSSIT OPS-II f335cc40-5de5-4733-90b1-6957b4a45688 U Schneier 7 pass b1bfab4a-31d3-43a5-914c-e9892c78afd8 U German VSITR 607632b2-651b-4935-883a-bdaa74febb54 U US DoD 5220.22-M (8-306./E) ecbf4998-0b4f-445c-9a06-23627659e419 U British HMG IS5 (Enhanced) 45671da4-9401-46e4-9c0d-89b94e89c8b5 U US Air Force 5020 7bf5b185-8ea5-4e12-83f1-f6c2efb3d2c2 U US Army AR380-19 0fe620ea-8055-4861-b5bb-bd8bdc3fd4ac U Russian GOST P50739-95 92681583-f484-415f-a66c-cc210222edc5 U British HMG IS5 (Baseline) 9acdbd78-0406-4116-87e5-263e5e3b2e0d U Pseudorandom Data bf8ba267-231a-4085-9bf9-204de65a6641 First/last 16KB Erasure 0c2e07bf-0207-49a3-ade8-46f9e1499c01 Only erasure methods labelled "U" can be used to erase unused disk space. /schedule The schedule the task will follow. The value must be one of: now The task will be queued for immediate execution. manually The task will be created but not queued for execution. restart The task will be queued for execution when the computer is next restarted. This parameter is only valid for use with "addtask". target is one or more of: file Erases the specified file argument: file= dir Erases files and folders in the directory arguments: dir=[,-excludeMask][,+includeMask][,deleteIfEmpty[=true|false]] excludeMask A wildcard expression for files and folders to exclude. includeMask A wildcard expression for files and folders to include. The include mask is applied before the exclude mask. deleteIfEmpty Deletes the folder at the end of the erasure if it is empty. If this parameter is not specified, it defaults to true. recyclebin Erases files and folders in the recycle bin unused Erases unused space in the volume. arguments: unused=[,clusterTips[=(true|false)]] clusterTips If specified, the drive's files will have their cluster tips erased. This parameter accepts a Boolean value (true/false) as an argument; if none is specified true is assumed. move Securely moves a file/directory to a new location arguments: move=| drive Erases partitions, volumes or drives arguments: drive=\Device\Harddisk drive=\\.\PhysicalDrive drive=\\?\Volume parameters for importtasklist: eraser importtasklist [...] file A list of one or more files to import. All arguments are case sensitive. Response files can be used for very long command lines (generally, anything involving more than 32,000 characters.) Response files are used by prepending "@" to the path to the file, and passing it into the command line. The contents of the response files' will be substituted at the same position into the command line.