How to Delete Folders with the Command Line in Windows

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Tip 1 - Completely delete a folder in Windows using command line

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Anne -catherine Everard | permalink

I need to delete one folder containing other folders and files inside. I tried del and rmdir commands but sometimes they fail with some error lines: [PATH]: The directory isn't empty. Is there any...

For further reading: http://superuser.com/questions/537757/completely-delete-a-folder-in-windows-using-command-line ^[1]

Tip 2 - Force Delete File or Folder using Command Prompt on Windows

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Daniel Vujic | permalink

The Command prompt is one of the most basic element of Windows. When everything else fails, it is the command prompt which will ultimately come to your help. One of these things where the command prompt might be your ultimate hope, is when your computer gets infected and once you’ve cleaned it, no matter how …
Tags: Force Delete, File, Folder, Command Prompt, Windows

For further reading: http://www.techverse.net/force-delete-file-folder-command-prompt-windows/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How do I delete a file, directory, or folder?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Chip Frazier | permalink

Steps on how to delete a file or folder on your computer.

For further reading: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000743.htm ^[3]

Tip 4 - how to delete all files and folders in a folder by cmd call

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Lars Su 00f 8rensen | permalink

i use windows. i want to delete all files and folders in a folder by system call. i may call like that: >rd /s /q c:\destination >md c:\destination do u know an easier way?

For further reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1502913/how-to-delete-all-files-and-folders-in-a-folder-by-cmd-call ^[4]

Tip 5 - Command line tool to delete folder with a specified name recursively in Windows?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Risto Seppalainen | permalink

I want to delete every "_svn" in every folder and subfolder... For example c:\ proyect1 _svn images _svn banner _svn buttons _svn Then I run something lik...

For further reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/521382/command-line-tool-to-delete-folder-with-a-specified-name-recursively-in-windows ^[5]