[Batch] Delete a Folder with the Del command

Good evening,

something like this, for example:

pushd %1
del /q *.*
for /f "Tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /B') do rd /s /q "%%G"
popd

** will delete all files AND folders without deleting the root directory, so first navigate to c:\documents and settings\your account\local settings\temporary internet ...

**** to test, I’m more used to batch...

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WinErr 01B: Illegal error - Windows did not allow you to have this error

so for me, at that precise moment, the processes are closed ...

IE is integrated into Windows, and Windows is never closed.

The only solution to delete these folders is to do it outside of Windows, apparently.

Or else kill the handles with ProcessExplorer, then delete the folders, but well :-/

If these folders are empty, why bother deleting them?

Thank you for your responses, but I know that if the folder or file is being used by a process, it’s impossible to delete them. I created a folder myself with nothing in it in temporary... and even then it’s impossible.
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Thank you for your reply, but please tell me where I should place them, please. Here’s what I did:

cd c:\DOCUME~1\Berto\LOCALS~1\TEMPOR~1
del *.* /S/Q
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deltree /?

non ?

re-

good evening seb :)

deltree will only work under win 98
under xp this command no longer exists (so it seems!!)
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after your cd:\......
you will have something like this :

cd c:\DOCUME~1\Berto\LOCALS~1\TEMPOR~1
pushd %1
del /q *.*
for /f "Tokens=*" %%G in ('dir /B') do rd /s /q "%%G"
popd

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... WinErr 01B : Illegal error - Windows did not allow you to have this error

Under XP, del supports the /S option to delete subdirectories :-)

del /?

morning friends hello,

the support supports the /S option
well yes, that's what I thought too but:

I added the /S and /Q switches but nothing works (see original message)

that’s why .... on the other hand, it makes me brush up a bit on DOS commands, we don’t get to work on batch files every day now ..... :D

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... WinErr 01B: Illegal error - Windows did not allow you to have this error

But I notice that it "deletes" all the files but not the folders

Maybe simply because there are still programs that have handles open on these folders/files?

It is impossible to delete a file/folder if an application still has control of it.

And IE and Windows Explorer are loaded in memory almost constantly, hence the impossibility of deleting these folders.

You will therefore not be able to delete them, which is normal.

re-

yes yes, I am well aware of the problem ...
i had read that too:
"clean" my Temp and Temporary Internet Files folders before shutting down my computer

so for me, at that precise moment, the processes are closed ...
personally, I use Ccleaner to clean up but of course it’s still a bit longer than a batch .....

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... WinErr 01B: Illegal error - Windows did not allow you to have this error

re-

Ben I just tried with Explorer .... IE is in use
I go into \documents & settings\my account\local settings\temporary internet.... and I delete anything I want :)

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... WinErr 01B: Illegal error - Windows did not authorize you to have this error

Re: me too manually I delete everything but with the batch it leaves the folders because with /S /Q it "deletes" the subdirectories and the files inside the folder but not the folder itself (not Tempo... but the folders inside it)!
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and even like that, it's impossible.

Use ProcessExplorer to see which application still has a handle on it.

Thanks Seb, I’ll prepare dinner then I’ll download the program and I’ll tell you what! I’ll be back around 7 PM.
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Re: I also use SysInternals, especially PsTools, Pskill in particular, because I’m on XP Home and to close processes there’s nothing better, but that isn’t what I need because as I wrote above, I created a folder in Temporary Internet Files and left it with the original name so a new folder, and with a Batch it doesn’t delete itself. Is that possible?? It’s not a big deal, I can do it manually but it’s for my “knowledge”!!
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I created a folder myself in Temporary Internet Files and left it with the original name, so a new folder, and with a batch file it does not delete itself. Is that possible??

Sorry, I didn’t quite understand what you did.

You tell me that I don’t know how to delete folders or files because they are in use by Windows, that I know!!! So what I did is create a new folder in Temporary Internet Files which isn’t used by Windows, you understand ?? And so, even this folder that isn’t used by Windows, I don’t know how to “deleter” with a batch, I even tried the RD or RMDIR command because deltree isn’t recognized under XP!!
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Weird that.

I just tried it in my Temporary Internet Files folder:

mkdir toto
rmdir toto

and it works without any problem.

Yes, this way I also delete it (by naming it), but if you run del *.* /S/Q, it will remove the files inside the folder but the toto folder will remain.
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Okay but in the Temporary Internet Files folder there are many folders, so if I have to write rmdir..., rmdir..., I’ll do it manually!!!
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