quickest way to delete......

wesley · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:03

8.2GB
56,591 folders
196,860 files

it takes ages to "preparing to delete" message before i could delete them.

thanks

uv · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:14

deltree/rmdir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltree

bledd · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:14

is it all in one folder?

could do..

rd /S /Q c:\folder

it'll still take a while, but won't wait for your prompt

-uvmain, deltree isn't in windows anymore

uv · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:15

bledd. said:
-uvmain, deltree isn't in windows anymore

I know, hence why I linked rd/rmdir

I just still call it deltree

bledd · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:22

didn't know rd had an alter ego

wesley · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:23

they are profiles that logged in by students at college where i work. i need to delete them but leave administrators/default users folders etc

--Mike-- · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:29

Google Delprof which is part of the Windows Resource kit.

gillywibble · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:12

bledd. said:
-uvmain, deltree isn't in windows anymore

The good old days where you could wipe your mate's drive in seconds

Tomsk · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:29

wesley said:
they are profiles that logged in by students at college where i work. i need to delete them but leave administrators/default users folders etc

Copy the stuff you want to keep to another drive, then format and copy back?

bledd · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:37

do you have a list of the folders you need to delete?

make a script that'll rd just the ones you want removed