Windows 7 delete directory recursively

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Dunno what you want to improve but you as end-user not really mess with the file system …. Richard said on July 18, at pm. Martin Thanks for this. Very useful. Mikhoul said on July 18, at pm. Matrix said on July 19, at pm. Ramon said on January 28, at pm.

TelV said on July 18, at pm. Croatoan said on July 18, at pm. One file 45GB takes few seconds, files 1 GB a few minutes. Por la tanto.

Kalin said on August 27, at pm. Be more positive! BradN said on October 20, at pm. Emil said on July 18, at pm. Berlin said on July 18, at pm.

Doc said on July 19, at am. Removes deletes a directory. No, shift DEL still does the pointless calculation. Mountainking said on July 19, at am. Is super fast for me…..

Martin Brinkmann said on July 19, at am. It should not be super fast if the folder is huge meaning lots of files and folders inside. George said on October 14, at pm. Anonymous said on March 14, at am. Shadess said on November 25, at pm. PeaceByJesus said on January 23, at pm. I send some feedback to MS on this also: If you choose a folder to be deleted, such as a 2GB folder in the C drive on a SSD hard drive, then it takes over 7 minutes just to calculate it. Shawn said on June 3, at am.

No Name said on January 9, at pm. John Teller said on June 7, at pm. L0eNNe said on November 2, at pm. But if I want to delete all files in a specific folder, with a specific extension, that doesn't work. How would I delete all the ASP pages easily, including empty folders?

Command prompt is no problem. There might be something you need. So do be careful. That sort of wildcard matching is a non-default feature that has to be turned on. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 7 years, 11 months ago. Active 7 years, 5 months ago. Directory Management Functions. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.

Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. RemoveDirectoryA function fileapi. Please rate your experience Yes No. I want to thank you very much for the help on deleting these files.

I ended up using the CMD method, but it worked perfectly. Again, thank you!!!! Thank you! This did the trick hoping. I tried the command, but someone has created the directory repeatedly and now I can not removed the base directory. ZIP — The file name is too long. ZIP is too long. Just cd further down and delete the individual files until you can delete the whole directory. Really this blog keeps changing my life. So much of junk non-empty folders in my computer.

Thanks a lot. Under W10 this does not work. Rmdir : Delete directory from command line by Srini. Delete folder from CMD Run the command rmdir on the folder.