-I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics group
they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do that.
I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
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jwmtx

Hi,

You should've just asked for more explicit instructions. Click start/run or
hit winkey+r and type CMD, then click ok. From the prompt, run:

cd %userprofile%\my documents\my pictures

Then, delete the unwanted folder, say it's called "pics1" by running:

rd /s /q pics1

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FEFC8109-5C81-4C05-8855-(E-Mail Removed)...
> -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics
> group
> they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do
> that.
> I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
> --
> jwmtx

JWM:

DId you try the Windows Explorer example for Shift+Del method to remove
file?

If you had a question about any methods people post ... please feel free to
say so ... so that we can be more explicit.

"jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FEFC8109-5C81-4C05-8855-(E-Mail Removed)...
> -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics
> group
> they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do
> that.
> I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
> --
> jwmtx

Thanks for your help. I'll try both of your suggestions. Thanks again. James
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jwmtx


"jwm" wrote:

> -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics group
> they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do that.
> I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
> --
> jwmtx

Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells me no
such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub. Still no
luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a book
that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm not
familiar with dos. Thanks, James
--
jwmtx


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You should've just asked for more explicit instructions. Click start/run or
> hit winkey+r and type CMD, then click ok. From the prompt, run:
>
> cd %userprofile%\my documents\my pictures
>
> Then, delete the unwanted folder, say it's called "pics1" by running:
>
> rd /s /q pics1
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:FEFC8109-5C81-4C05-8855-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics
> > group
> > they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do
> > that.
> > I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
> > --
> > jwmtx
>
>

In article <36CE5F90-6EB9-4791-A91D-(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells me no
> such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub. Still no
> luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
> instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a book
> that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm not
> familiar with dos. Thanks, James

The proper syntax would be:
cd %userprofile%\"my documents"\"my pictures"

You need to understand that folders have spaces in their names and
anything with spaces needs quotes around it.

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(E-Mail Removed)
remove 999 in order to email me

Hi,

Put spaces after "My" just as I did when I wrote the response, the space is
a valid part of the string path and you are missing it. There is no
"MyDocuments", but there is a "My Documents". Don't attach the RD command to
the end of the CD string, do it as a separate step (appending it to an
invalid string is pointless anyways, plus you would be trying to run two
different commands from the same line). You want to be sure you are in the
right directory (the "My Pictures" folder in your user profile) before you
run the RD command, as the results are not reversible.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:36CE5F90-6EB9-4791-A91D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells me
> no
> such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub. Still
> no
> luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
> instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a
> book
> that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm
> not
> familiar with dos. Thanks, James
> --
> jwmtx
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You should've just asked for more explicit instructions. Click start/run
>> or
>> hit winkey+r and type CMD, then click ok. From the prompt, run:
>>
>> cd %userprofile%\my documents\my pictures
>>
>> Then, delete the unwanted folder, say it's called "pics1" by running:
>>
>> rd /s /q pics1
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:FEFC8109-5C81-4C05-8855-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics
>> > group
>> > they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do
>> > that.
>> > I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
>> > --
>> > jwmtx
>>
>>

Well, I finally got to cd %userprofile%\"my documents"\"my pictures"
where does the rd/s/q pic 1 come in? Thanks, James
--
jwmtx


"Leythos" wrote:

> In article <36CE5F90-6EB9-4791-A91D-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> > Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells me no
> > such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub. Still no
> > luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
> > instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a book
> > that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm not
> > familiar with dos. Thanks, James
>
> The proper syntax would be:
> cd %userprofile%\"my documents"\"my pictures"
>
> You need to understand that folders have spaces in their names and
> anything with spaces needs quotes around it.
>
> --
>
> (E-Mail Removed)
> remove 999 in order to email me
>

Hi,

Your command prompt should look like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music>

Simply type:

RD /s /q pics1

and don't scrunch it altogether, there needs to be the indicated spaces in
there.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jwm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:383084AA-AEB8-470C-A39D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well, I finally got to cd %userprofile%\"my documents"\"my pictures"
> where does the rd/s/q pic 1 come in? Thanks, James
> --
> jwmtx
>
>
> "Leythos" wrote:
>
>> In article <36CE5F90-6EB9-4791-A91D-(E-Mail Removed)>,
>> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> > Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells
>> > me no
>> > such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub.
>> > Still no
>> > luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
>> > instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a
>> > book
>> > that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm
>> > not
>> > familiar with dos. Thanks, James
>>
>> The proper syntax would be:
>> cd %userprofile%\"my documents"\"my pictures"
>>
>> You need to understand that folders have spaces in their names and
>> anything with spaces needs quotes around it.
>>
>> --
>>
>> (E-Mail Removed)
>> remove 999 in order to email me
>>