I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but keep
one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of going to
each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to batch that
process?

Thanks,

liu wrote:
> I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but keep
> one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of going to
> each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to batch that
> process?
>
> Thanks,

Search
Select all
De-select the one you want to keep
Delete

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use Xcopy /T /E to duplicate the empty directory structure then delete
the full one.

liu wrote:
> I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but keep
> one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of going to
> each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to batch that
> process?
>
> Thanks,

On Jun 9, 3:07*pm, "dadiOH" <dad...@invalid.com> wrote:
> liu wrote:
> > I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but keep
> > one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of going to
> > each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to batch that
> > process?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> Search
> * * Select all
> * * * * De-select the one you want to keep
> * * * * * * Delete
>
That probably needs a lot of work. You would have to know every
filename inside the folder you don't want to delete or visually going
through the list.

"liu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but keep
> one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of going to
> each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to batch that
> process?
>
> Thanks,

I'm sure it can be done with a simple batch file but I confess that I am not
clear about your requirements. Please elaborate with an example.

> I'm sure it can be done with a simple batch file but I confess that I am not
> clear about your requirements. Please elaborate with an example.

Thank you very much for the offer to help. Here is what I have:
Multiple projects each one with a runtime (many HTML, ASP, images
etc), In each project there is a Source folder named "Source".
I'd like to delete the runtime while keep the Source folder intact.
There are many images, etc files in the Source folder too. Basically,
delete everything in root except "Source" folder and the content
inside.

Thanks,

"liu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm sure it can be done with a simple batch file but I confess that I am
>> not
>> clear about your requirements. Please elaborate with an example.
>
> Thank you very much for the offer to help. Here is what I have:
> Multiple projects each one with a runtime (many HTML, ASP, images
> etc), In each project there is a Source folder named "Source".
> I'd like to delete the runtime while keep the Source folder intact.
> There are many images, etc files in the Source folder too. Basically,
> delete everything in root except "Source" folder and the content
> inside.
>
> Thanks,

Your description is still rather general. Please quote a specific example of
what you wish to keep and what you wish to delete.

liu wrote:
> On Jun 9, 3:07 pm, "dadiOH" <dad...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> liu wrote:
>>> I have over 200 folders I need to delete all the files inside but
>>> keep one folder (same name for all the folders) intact. Instead of
>>> going to each folder to delete files manually, is there a way to
>>> batch that process?
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> Search
>> Select all
>> De-select the one you want to keep
>> Delete
>>
> That probably needs a lot of work. You would have to know every
> filename inside the folder you don't want to delete or visually going
> through the list.

Why would you have to know the file names? ? You said you wanted to delete
*all* the files in all folders except those in one folder; you said nothing
about keeping *specific* files within a *specific* folder.

You need a better folder naming scheme.

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liu wrote:
>> I'm sure it can be done with a simple batch file but I confess that
>> I am not clear about your requirements. Please elaborate with an
>> example.
>
> Thank you very much for the offer to help. Here is what I have:
> Multiple projects each one with a runtime (many HTML, ASP, images
> etc), In each project there is a Source folder named "Source".
> I'd like to delete the runtime while keep the Source folder intact.
> There are many images, etc files in the Source folder too. Basically,
> delete everything in root except "Source" folder and the content
> inside.

Ah, you want to keep *all* folders that have a given name, not just one
physical folder.

The only thing I can think of is to use a renaming program to batch rename
each "Source" folder to "Source1... Source2...etc". You could then use
Windows search to locate them, move all to a different location, then use
Windows search as I originally suggested on the root folder to delete what
was left in the project folders.


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> > Thank you very much for the offer to help. Here is what I have:
> > Multiple projects each one with a runtime (many HTML, ASP, images
> > etc), In each project there is a Source folder named "Source".
> > I'd like to delete the runtime while keep the Source folder intact.
> > There are many images, etc files in the Source folder too. Basically,
> > delete everything in root except "Source" folder and the content
> > inside.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> Your description is still rather general. Please quote a specific example of
> what you wish to keep and what you wish to delete.

project a
project a\file1.htm
project a\file2.htm
...
project a\file3.css
project a\file4.js
....
project a\images\file5.jpg
....
project a\Source\file6.fla
project a\Source\file7.fla
.....

I'd like to delete everything inside project a including folders
inside except Source folder. Keep everything inside the source folder
no matter what are inside.

project b
same structure but different files.

Do the same for the remaining 200 more projects with the same
structure.

Thanks for the help,