johnnysmokes

im running win xp and i wanted to delete some folders.

they all go like this
\photoalbum1\
\photoalbum1\thumbnails

\photoalbum2\
\photoalbum2\thumbnails

i know in the command prompt you can delete multiple files with the del /s *.extention or tn_*.extention, etc. rd /s doesnt work with wildcards. i deleted all the files with the del /s command, all thats left are the empty folders.

does anyone know of a way to delete multiple folders instead of opening up windows explorer and maually deleting them by hand? i want to get rid of all the thumbnails folder's in all the photoalbums folders.. theres about 100+ or so folders. i dont remember this being covered in any of my MSCE test's lol. i also cant find anything in the MSKB. i guess i could make a batch file.. but im too lazy right now lol.

The_Dude

try the deltree command.

do deltree (folder name)

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johnnysmokes

deltree doesnt work in xp

The_Dude

damn, didnt know that.

why dont u copy the deltree file from a previous os and put it in the xp dos directory?

seems a longshot, but might work.

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charliex

http://www.jpsoft.com install 4NT and stop using CMD

del "dirname" /sxqyz

will delete *everything* and won't ask, its equiv to rm -rf on unix

/s all subdirs
/x remove all empty subdirs
/q quiet, just do it
/y say yes to all prompts
/z zap all hidden and read only files

use with caution

del C:\ /sxqyz will wipe out most of your hard disk very quickly

if you use cmdline a lot its well woth getting 4NT its very powerful

johnnysmokes

thanks for the info charliex. i really appreciate it.