No prompt will be displayed. How do I assign the correct security settings to the new directory? I'm talking NT security, not share security. I'm looking through the help for the NET command, but that doesn't seem to be it.
Is it possible to create another level of subdir that you can delete nightly? That's similar to his suggestion, but there's still the issue of how to recreate the security settings.
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Please note: Do not post advertisements, offensive material, profanity, or personal attacks. Please remember to be considerate of other members. All submitted content is subject to our Terms Of Use. I'm trying to remember how to delete all files, subdirectories, and subdirectory contents from a specific directory from a command prompt.
Sad that this takes 2 lines, but at least it works! I'm tired of searching for a working "one-liner" and will go with this one, thanks! Show 6 more comments. Spontifixus 6, 8 8 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 60 60 bronze badges. I hope its possible : — Sandy. This is a bad solution, since it introduces a race on the file system for the directory node, i. Also, bad solution if the directory has special permissions you just nuked ahem whoops — Immortal Blue.
Don't be put off with the response: 'The directory is not empty. RD and RMDIR are the same command and since you posted this answer 9 months after someone stated the same answer, why are people giving you points? Show 1 more comment. This will remove the folders and files and leave the folder behind.
For anyone not sure about this approach: it definitely does not re-create the directory. I hate that Windows cannot delete files and folders being used by some program. And I love that you used that in your favor in this one-liner. So this uber-magic is how we empty a folder in Windows??
Impressive : — mlvljr. I don't like that you have to repeat your path twice though, for long paths it becomes hard to read. Show 4 more comments.
ScottN 1, 2 2 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. BTW: dir is not a good name for an environment variable. RMiranda, in my tests, it does exactly as the OP asked. Do you have a case where it doesn't delete the subfolders? Badr O. Badr 2, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. This is the correct solution.
This is a simple et correct solution. Even works with Azure command shell! I for example need this command line deletion for a svn update - I want to delete all the files and folders before I make the update svn because there may be some changes on the machine where i use this, but relevant are only the checked in items.
How is this different from the previous four answers? Win 8. Not deleted are: Folders used as the current directory for any running process. Of course this results in output of an error message by command RD : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. Mofi Mofi Sireesh Yarlagadda Sireesh Yarlagadda For instance, does it abort completely instead of continuing?
To use this command, open a Command Prompt window. In the Command Prompt window that opens, type the following command replacing PATH with the full path to the folder you want to delete. With the del command, you can use your creativity to delete your files in various ways. For example, you can remove certain types of files, remove only the files that have a certain word in their names, and so on.
For example, to delete all the PNG files in your current folder in Command Prompt, you can use the following command:.
Another creative use of the del command is to delete files that contain a certain word in their names. On a related note, did you know you can make Windows skip the Recycle Bin while deleting files? Use Google Fonts in Word. Use FaceTime on Android Signal vs. Customize the Taskbar in Windows What Is svchost. Best Smartwatches. Best Gaming Laptops. Best Smart Displays. Best Home Security Systems. Best External Solid State Drives.
Best Portable Chargers. However, instead I get the following popup. So it still won't let me delete it. Notice that the message says "Sync Pending". I opened OneDrive, and paused the sync, then I reopened it and resumed sync, and tried the whole thing again, but I got the same messages. The only thing left was the following sequence that worked:. Thanks for trying. It's annoying, but I can live with it. I can always use the Command Prompt or PowerShell to do it one step.
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