Deleting unwanted folders

There are certain cases where you may not be able to delete a file or folder, for example when the file name is invalid like when it ends with a dot "." and another example is when the user cannot open the file/folder using the normal methods in Windows Explorer.

The single line command below can solve this.

rd /s "\\?\C:\userdirectorty\unwanted\many\wiredFolder."

Please change the directory path as per your needs, for example :

rd /s "\\?\C:\homedirectory\Username\domainname\unfolder."


rd : RemoveDirectory
/s : switch to delete from sub-folders

Ashwani Friday 21 June 2013 - 06:26 am | | Default

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