Deleting with prejudice :-)

J

James Silverton

Hello All!

I did an experiment to see how well directory structure was preserved by
"sending" a complex directory to an external USB. I'd now like to remove
the result but Windows insists on sending each file to the Recycle Bin.
Is there some way to just do a delete ("with prejudice", as the spy
novels say.)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
J

James Silverton

dadiOH wrote on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:11:48 -0400:
Shift + Delete

Thank you very much indeed. It took a while since the system insisted on
listing every file in the multiple folders but it worked. OH, for Unix
:)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
S

Special Access

Hello All!

I did an experiment to see how well directory structure was preserved by
"sending" a complex directory to an external USB. I'd now like to remove
the result but Windows insists on sending each file to the Recycle Bin.
Is there some way to just do a delete ("with prejudice", as the spy
novels say.)

If it all started from one directory (c:\temp, for example) then
typing "rd c:\temp /q /s" would remove the directory and all
subdirectories/files without question. Even "rd . /q /s" will work
from the CMD prompt.
If there are active or locked files/folders, it will leave them alone.
All the others will be deleted. I have done this on several
occassions and never have they shown up in the recycle bin.

Mike
 
J

James Silverton

Special wrote on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:58:32 -0400:
If it all started from one directory (c:\temp, for example)
then typing "rd c:\temp /q /s" would remove the directory and
all subdirectories/files without question. Even "rd . /q /s"
will work from the CMD prompt.
If there are active or locked files/folders, it will leave
them alone. All the others will be deleted. I have done this
on several occassions and never have they shown up in the
recycle bin.

I had not thought of going to the command prompt! It's amazing how fixed
you can get in the ways of Windows. Your suggestion was very useful
because "My Computer" removed the contents of the directory but would
not remove the empty directory from the external USB disc. However, the
command prompt rd G:\fooper worked fine. ("Fooper" was chosen as a silly
name for the test to avoid conflicts.)

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
 
D

Desk Rabbit

Special wrote on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:58:32 -0400:



I had not thought of going to the command prompt! It's amazing how fixed
you can get in the ways of Windows.

Unix is command line driven with an optional GUI, whereas Windows is an
optional GUI with a command line interface.
 
M

mm

Special wrote on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:58:32 -0400:



I had not thought of going to the command prompt! It's amazing how fixed
you can get in the ways of Windows. Your suggestion was very useful
because "My Computer" removed the contents of the directory but would
not remove the empty directory from the external USB disc. However, the
command prompt rd G:\fooper worked fine. ("Fooper" was chosen as a silly
name for the test to avoid conflicts.)

Watch your mouth. Some of my best friends are Foopers.
 

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