Correct Syntax for XP Command line

[Rich Barry]

I was trying to delete a shortcut from the desktop using the XP command
line. Had no luck
Kept saying that it couldnt find the file or folder. What is the correct
syntax for Del. ?
Do you have to type the complete path. ie. C:\documents and
settings\name\desktop\shortcut name. ? I was playing with different
configurations of that which I obtained from the XP Command Line List
but nothing worked.
Linux I had to learn the command line but not XP. Basically lazy.

 

[Tim Slattery]

I was trying to delete a shortcut from the desktop using the XP command
line. Had no luck
Kept saying that it couldnt find the file or folder. What is the correct
syntax for Del. ?
Do you have to type the complete path. ie. C:\documents and
settings\name\desktop\shortcut name. ? I was playing with different
configurations of that which I obtained from the XP Command Line List
but nothing worked.
Linux I had to learn the command line but not XP. Basically lazy.

You either have to navigate to the folder where the shortcut lives or
give the full path. If you give the full path, or if the shortcut's
name includes spaces, you'll want to surround the whole thing with
double-quotes.

delete "c:\windows\profiles\blow_j\desktop\some thing.lnk"

 

[Rich Barry]

Thanks Tim, I was missing the Quotes. Mystery Solved.

 

[HeyBub]

I was trying to delete a shortcut from the desktop using the XP
command line. Had no luck
Kept saying that it couldnt find the file or folder. What is the
correct syntax for Del. ?
Do you have to type the complete path. ie. C:\documents and
settings\name\desktop\shortcut name. ? I was playing with different
configurations of that which I obtained from the XP Command Line List
but nothing worked.
Linux I had to learn the command line but not XP. Basically lazy.

Why not right-click on the shortcut and select "Delete?"

 

[NoStop]

Why not right-click on the shortcut and select "Delete?"

Hmmm, maybe because you can't right-click from a batch file? I'm sure if he
wanted to do it through the GUI he knows how to do it.

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[Elmo]

I was trying to delete a shortcut from the desktop using the XP command
line. Had no luck
Kept saying that it couldnt find the file or folder. What is the correct
syntax for Del. ?
Do you have to type the complete path. ie. C:\documents and
settings\name\desktop\shortcut name. ? I was playing with different
configurations of that which I obtained from the XP Command Line List
but nothing worked.
Linux I had to learn the command line but not XP. Basically lazy.

Open the prompt and type
cd %userprofile%\desktop
dir
if the link you are trying to delete is not there then it is a part of the
all users desktop.
cd %allusersprofile%\desktop
dir
if you see the target link there you can delete it but you must be
administrator in order to delete.
you will need to either:
encompass the entire link in quotes
or the first 6 characters with ~1
example:
my own folder.lnk will be
myownf~1.lnk

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[jt3]

Why did Tim Slattery's posted reply to your OP get pulled, do you
know--since apparently you replied to it, and that got pulled?

Joe