I need help with deleting files from computer (by location)

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• Dekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359

  February 2005

  start your computer at the command prompt instead of booting to windows, then go to the directory the file is in (if you don't know dos commands "cd" (minus "") is the command to change directories. Example cd directory).  when you get to the directory, you then just type delete filename.  Or you can just do delete path/filename
• Phaedrusz Member Posts: 3

  February 2005

  Hi Riki:

  As far as your question about the "Run" command--- It Depends... (I hate it when people say that). You seem to be looking for something similar to the RM command in LINUX

  If you're running 9x, you can use the DELETE [path]filename command
  In early NT, the command is DEL for a file, DELTREE for folder/subfolder contents

  Now, depending (there goes that word again) on what service pack you're running on each of these, you may have to enable the proper indexing and/or copy the .bat command to the Windows dir to make this work. RUN commands are almost never consistent in Windows, with only a few exceptions.

  Now, in XP and some later NT/2K versions, you also have to map the command from the Resource Kit or the Windows Toolkit (NT uses POSIX commands).

  In a nutshell, it's more trouble than it's worth. I usually open the folder (leaving out the filename) in the IE address bar and delete it manually from there. But if you have 9x or NT4, try the commands above first. If they don't work, it's better to let it go and use the explorer or c>

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