Hi,
What is the command line for deleting directories in windopws XP?

I was called by a friend to help solving Computer problem (XP) in a Computer
training school. Some students who is more capable of wirting programming
has spreaded an execute file in which it create directories and
subdirectories (eg Myfile00001, myfile00002 etc..). This process would carry
on until we run out of disk space and would after the boot record. On
restart PC cannot go to windows.

TIA

SF

rd <dirname>

To remove the directory and all files/directories within it:
rd <dirname> /s

"SF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> What is the command line for deleting directories in windopws XP?
>
> I was called by a friend to help solving Computer problem (XP) in a
> Computer training school. Some students who is more capable of wirting
> programming has spreaded an execute file in which it create directories
> and subdirectories (eg Myfile00001, myfile00002 etc..). This process would
> carry on until we run out of disk space and would after the boot record.
> On restart PC cannot go to windows.
>
> TIA
>
> SF
>

"Roberto Baggio" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>rd <dirname>
>
>To remove the directory and all files/directories within it:
>rd <dirname> /s

If there are any files or subdirectories in the directory to be
removed, "rd" will tell you about that and ask if you really want to
delete it anyway. If you are *really, really sure* and you don't want
to see this prompt, you can use the /q switch. And all switches should
be before the name of the directory to be removed.

For the complete documentation, open a command console window and type
"rd /?" (without the quotes, of course).

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
(E-Mail Removed)

SF wrote:
> Hi,
> What is the command line for deleting directories in windopws XP?
>
> I was called by a friend to help solving Computer problem (XP) in a Computer
> training school. Some students who are more capable of writing programming
> have spread an execute file in which it creates directories and
> subdirectories (eg Myfile00001, myfile00002 etc..). This process would carry
> on until we run out of disk space and would alter the boot record. On
> restart PC cannot go to windows.
>
> TIA
>
> SF

So you could type

RD /s /q C:\Myfile000*

to remove all folders that start off "myfile000" in the root folder.
Change the path accordingly.

Boot to Safe Mode to find and remove the malware.

--
Joe =o)