Batch file to delete all folders in a directory

Hi, Thank you very much! Wednesday, March 9, PM. Bill, How would you modify your script to use it with Windows Scheduler and to use it on a network share? Wednesday, March 16, PM. Hi, My script is written so it accepts a command-line argument. HTH, Bill. Hi, No. If you're not familiar with the task scheduler, you should ask about it in an appropriate forum. Thanks for the solution. Thursday, April 14, AM. Hello, I'm not sure where I would specify the path to the folder within your script?

Thursday, January 19, PM. Hi, Your question is already answered in this thread. Thursday, September 13, AM. You can't. They are deleted for good. Grant Ward, a. Edited by stillstill Wednesday, October 10, PM. Wednesday, October 10, PM. Thursday, October 31, AM. Thanks JustRob, I was trying to find another way other than moving them to a temp folder with robocopy, but that may be the best option I have.

It can be set to copy anything in folder A [empty] to folder B [with files in it] and anything that is in folder B but not in folder A will be deleted, except any files explicitly excluded. I have done something similar in the past, but do not have access to the script atm. You could just list the two files in the exclude and let it rip. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question.

Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer. Krizz This person is a verified professional. So, without further ado, let me show the way you can automatically delete all files in a folder on schedule in Windows. You cannot assign custom folders to it. Recommended: How to Automatically empty recycle bin in Windows. Since Windows has no simple way to automatically delete all files and folders in a folder, you need to create a batch script to get the job done.

After creating that, you can use the task scheduler to execute the batch script on a schedule. The first thing we need to do is create a batch script aka,. This action will create a new text file. Should probably add the script to the Script Center too, even if someone doesn't use it in it's intended form it's a great example of the FOR command!

Thanks, we have this old application that every 5 minutes creates a folder and added a stamp. Having the folder remain is critical to not having the reliant application from crashing.

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