Removing Folders and Files

reubenb · 08-13-2007, 12:22 PM

We have a folder C:/Documents and under this document we have alist of folders per employee, example C:/Documents/Joseph and C:/Documents/Ann etc. Now we need to remove all the files and folders that are found in the emplyees folders. Is there a software or script that can do this? Also there are 2 folders that I must not delete the subfolders for them. Is there something?

Thanks.

LaRoza · 08-13-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reubenb

We have a folder C:/Documents and under this document we have alist of folders per employee, example C:/Documents/Joseph and C:/Documents/Ann etc. Now we need to remove all the files and folders that are found in the emplyees folders. Is there a software or script that can do this? Also there are 2 folders that I must not delete the subfolders for them. Is there something?

Thanks.

Yes, open a command prompt, and type:

Code:

del c:\Documents\*

Before doing this, you might want to move the two folders you don't want to loose. If there is a different in names, you could be more specific, like if the two you want to keep have shorter names than the shortest ones you do want to get rid of.

THE ABOVE COMMAND WILL DELETE EVERYTHING IN THE C:\Documents\ DIRECTORY

addle_brains · 08-14-2007, 09:48 PM

Do you want to clean out the entire Documents folder or just the data in the folders?

At your workplace, do you have heaps of employees? If so, when you go to recreate those directories, you can use this tool called MakeDirectory. Makes it heaps easier to create directories. Get it here.

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reubenb New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 22	Removing Folders and Files We have a folder C:/Documents and under this document we have alist of folders per employee, example C:/Documents/Joseph and C:/Documents/Ann etc. Now we need to remove all the files and folders that are found in the emplyees folders. Is there a software or script that can do this? Also there are 2 folders that I must not delete the subfolders for them. Is there something? Thanks.

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addle_brains Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Highfields, QLD, Australia Posts: 304	Do you want to clean out the entire Documents folder or just the data in the folders? At your workplace, do you have heaps of employees? If so, when you go to recreate those directories, you can use this tool called MakeDirectory. Makes it heaps easier to create directories. Get it here. __________________ ASUS P5K Deluxe /Wifi API Intel Core2 Duo E6750@3.37GHz 2 x 1Gig 667 RAM Inno3D iChill Nvidia 8600GTS XStriker3 2 x Seagate 250Gig SATA HD Samsung DVD-RAM Thermaltake Beetle CPU cooler Thermaltake 850watt Toughpower CoolerMaster Mystique Silver Aluminium Case

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