Apr 15, 2014 · Using PowerShell commands to delete all files and folders. Remove-Item -Path "C:\dotnet-helpers*.*" -recurse-recurse drills down and finds lots more files. The –recurse parameter will allow PowerShell to remove any child items without asking for permission. Additionally, the –force parameter can be added to delete hidden or read-only files.

Apr 27, 2015 · To delete folder with all files in it: rmdir /s /q PATH_TO_FOLDER To delete all files from specific folder (not deleting folder itself) is a little bit complicated. del /s *.* cannot delete folders, but removes files from all subfolder. So two commands are needed:

Jun 10, 2012 · If you're using the Windows command-line ftp client, then you will need to use mdelete to delete multiple files, as delete will only delete a single file. Edit: Answering the additional questions in the comments.

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A lot of programs save temporary copies of opened files in the temporary folders, for example. So to get safely rid of your data, you would have to find all these locations and delete the files int these places, too. To complicate the matter, they could already be gone, because the programs normally delete the files, when they exit.

Jun 25, 2015 · This little script will delete every JPG files located under c:\path (and subfolders), containing "_bad" in their name. Simply change the root path to match your needs. The -whatif parameter used at the end of the script permits to see what files will be deleted. Remove this switch when your are ready to delete them. Hope this helps !

Delete all files on the desktop and in my documents and anywhere else you know there is data. Empty Recycle bin. If you have more than one user, repeat 2-5 for each user. Create a new Admin user, with a blank (no) password log on as that user. Delete all other accounts. Delete the folders for the old/removed users in C:\Documents and Settings

Important: If you get a prompt to "Delete permanently" when you move photos and videos to trash, your trash is full. You can choose to delete these photos and videos permanently, but if you would like the ability to restore these photos and videos, you must first empty your trash.

Sep 27, 2012 · This will delete all files whose names end with .swk, .swl, .swm, .swn, .swo, or .swp in the current directory tree. This might not be what you want, for several reasons: As stated, it searches the current directory tree ; i.e., the current directory and all subdirectories, recursively. That goes beyond what the question asks for, and may be ...

Jan 18, 2015 · So if you delete the entire folder nothing bad will happen. All of the ones that you need, the programs will create new ones. And if you can't delete some then a program you are running is running those temp files so just leave those alone. I do it all the time on my user's machines that file, and the C:\WINDOWS\Temp directory as well.