Reset Network Data Usage in Windows 10  

pewe said:

If anyone wanted to use this,

- do you mind?
- how would the script be run ? (forgive the ignorance of a non-coder)

Please advise


Thanks

Hi,

Just copy the code to a new text file then change the file extension from .txt to .bat, then just double click it to run.

Please post back if the script works.

Polo6RGTI said:

Hi,

Just copy the code to a new text file then change the file extension from .txt to .bat, then just double click it to run.

Please post back if the script works.

Ran it and the script window reported errors as follows

Commensing with Data Usage Reset:

Stopping Data Usage Services


[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:


The specified service does not exist as an installed service.




Resetting Data Usage


Restarting Data Usage Services


[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:


The specified service does not exist as an installed service.






Data Usage was Reset to 0


Press any key to exit.

But the wifi (don't use the Network) usage was cleared - well it showed 0.23MB on resetting.

pewe said:

Ran it and the script window reported errors as follows



But the wifi (don't use the Network) usage was cleared - well it showed 0.23MB on resetting.

What is the Build version of the Windows 10 installation on your computer?

@pewe please try this script. I have removed the command to disable the Data Usage service(DusmSvc).

Code:

@ECHO OFF
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code starts)
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code ends)
:: Your codes should start from the following line
COLOR 1F
ECHO Commensing with Data Usage Reset:
ECHO.
ECHO Stopping Data Usage Services
ECHO.
net stop DusmSvc > NUL 2>&1
net stop diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service > NUL 2>&1
net stop DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO.
ECHO Resetting Data Usage
echo Y | del /f /q "C:\Windows\System32\sru\*.*" > nul
ECHO.
ECHO Restarting Data Usage Services
ECHO.
net start DusmSvc > NUL 2>&1
net start diagnosticshub.standardcollector.service > NUL 2>&1
net start DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Data Usage was Reset to 0
ECHO.
ECHO Press any key to exit.
pause > nul
:end

pewe said:

Ran it and the script window reported errors as follows



But the wifi (don't use the Network) usage was cleared - well it showed 0.23MB on resetting.

If you have a network adapter with an active connection the Data Usage counter will show "< 1 MB" or greater even right after running the Data Usage reset script.

Polo6RGTI said:

@pewe please try this script. I have removed the command to disable the Data Usage service(DusmSvc).

That did the trick.

I've updated the script. Only the Diagnostic Policy Service(DPS) is required to be stopped when resetting the Data Usage. I have also changed the wording that is displayed and the script will now also automatically exit when the task is completed. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Code:

@ECHO OFF
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code starts)
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code ends)
:: Your codes should start from the following line
COLOR 1F
ECHO Commencing with Data Usage Reset:
ECHO.
ECHO Stopping Diagnostic Policy Service
ECHO.
net stop DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO.
ECHO Resetting Data Usage
echo Y | del /f /q "C:\Windows\System32\sru\*.*" > nul
ECHO.
ECHO Restarting Diagnostic Policy Service
ECHO.
net start DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO.
ECHO Data Usage was Reset to 0
ECHO.
ECHO Closing in 5 Seconds....
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 >nul 2>&1
exit

Polo6RGTI said:

I've updated the script. Only the Diagnostic Policy Service(DPS) is required to be stopped when resetting the Data Usage. I have also changed the wording that is displayed and the script will now also automatically exit when the task is completed. Any feedback will be appreciated.

Worked nicely.

I don't suppose it would be a simple task to record the stats to a file before clearing them - or is it???
Something that could maybe be copied to a spreadsheet ??!!!!

pewe said:

Worked nicely.

I don't suppose it would be a simple task to record the stats to a file before clearing them - or is it???
Something that could maybe be copied to a spreadsheet ??!!!!

Hi,

I have already started searching for commands to do exactly that or at least to a text file. I have no formal training in coding so it may take me a while to get it right.

I have updated the script again. I added a Y/N option and a color change when yes is selected.

Code:

@ECHO OFF
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code starts)
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )
:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B
:gotAdmin
if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"
:: BatchGotAdmin (Run as Admin code ends)
:: Your codes should start from the following line
COLOR 1F
CHOICE /C:YN /M "Do you want to reset the Data Usage now?"
IF ERRORLEVEL 2 goto no
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto yes
:yes
COLOR 2F
ECHO.
ECHO Commencing with Data Usage Reset:
ECHO.
ECHO Stopping Diagnostic Policy Service
ECHO.
net stop DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO Resetting Data Usage
ECHO Y | del /f /q "C:\Windows\System32\sru\*.*" > nul
ECHO.
ECHO Restarting Diagnostic Policy Service
ECHO.
net start DPS > NUL 2>&1
ECHO.
CLS
ECHO Data Usage was Reset to 0
ECHO.
ECHO Closing in 5 Seconds....
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 >nul 2>&1
exit
:no
exit