Using the semicolon has done the trick. Thanks for that. I hadn't actually seen that kind of syntax previously. I figured I needed to terminate the previous statement, but I...

Hats off to you for posting this article. Getting fired from any project or job for under-delivering is hummiliating, and not something most people like to admit, although I'm sure...

I tried changing from full, to simple recovery mode, and immediately the files were removed. Worthwhile to know, but it would be good to get it working correctly in full...

Something still appears to be wrong. The files are not being removed, despite having run log, differential, and full backups, as well as running checkpoint.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is...

Thanks for all the responses. After a bit more hunting around I found some info about the recovery mode. I had set it to "Full" and didn't realise that this...

Sorry to press the issue, but what does "under OS control" actually mean? How does the OS know that it is supposed to delete the files, and what service does...