I cannot see anything that would create any kind of backup The Directory is not empty Message came as response! In order not to remove the folder itself, make it the current directory before, then use ". Re-creating it afterwards is not neccessarily the same because ACLs could be lost. Show 5 more comments.
Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Iain Iain 6, 2 2 gold badges 28 28 silver badges 49 49 bronze badges. I tried it but unfortunately files where not deleted, only the sub-folders are deleted. For example I have a folder named Test. The subfolders Ripon and Wasim was deleted but riponalwasim. Use single percentage sign if you wish to run direct from command line e. Sad that this takes 2 lines, but at least it works! I'm tired of searching for a working "one-liner" and will go with this one, thanks!
Show 6 more comments. Spontifixus 6, 8 8 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 60 60 bronze badges. I hope its possible : — Sandy. This is a bad solution, since it introduces a race on the file system for the directory node, i. Also, bad solution if the directory has special permissions you just nuked ahem whoops — Immortal Blue. Don't be put off with the response: 'The directory is not empty. RD and RMDIR are the same command and since you posted this answer 9 months after someone stated the same answer, why are people giving you points?
Show 1 more comment. This will remove the folders and files and leave the folder behind. For anyone not sure about this approach: it definitely does not re-create the directory. I hate that Windows cannot delete files and folders being used by some program.
And I love that you used that in your favor in this one-liner. So this uber-magic is how we empty a folder in Windows?? Impressive : — mlvljr. I don't like that you have to repeat your path twice though, for long paths it becomes hard to read.
Show 4 more comments. ScottN 1, 2 2 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. BTW: dir is not a good name for an environment variable. RMiranda, in my tests, it does exactly as the OP asked.
Do you have a case where it doesn't delete the subfolders? Badr O. Badr 2, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. This is the correct solution. This is a simple et correct solution.
Even works with Azure command shell! I for example need this command line deletion for a svn update - I want to delete all the files and folders before I make the update svn because there may be some changes on the machine where i use this, but relevant are only the checked in items. How is this different from the previous four answers? Win 8. Not deleted are: Folders used as the current directory for any running process.
Of course this results in output of an error message by command RD : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. Mofi Mofi Sireesh Yarlagadda Sireesh Yarlagadda For instance, does it abort completely instead of continuing? It works on any kind of account administrator or a standard user. This browser is no longer supported.
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