Comments on: Windows XP Tips: Delete Contents from Folder without Deleting Folders

By: Pranab

Pranab — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:24:55 +0000

Hello Vinod even i want to achieve that

By: Alexander Char

Alexander Char — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:54:51 +0000

Sorry, but it is showing this error message
” This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel”

i want to learn such things more pls help

By: vinod

vinod — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:08:39 +0000

I brought a new pen drive and transferred all the data from my old pen drive by
1. Making a folder called in the new one and then
2. Copying everything from the old pen drive into it. (At that time, I needed to keep thee contents from my old drive separately for sorting purposes).

Now, I want to delete the folder called without losing any of the data or folders inside it (in other words, I want all contents of the folder called to become part of the root directory of the new pen drive.

I know that I can simply copy and paste, but just wanted to know whether there is a way to ‘promote’ folder contents?

Thanx
vinod

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:45:53 +0000

Thanks Martin! I couldn’t get it to work!!

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:05:40 +0000

verkat,

The following Key data works on WinXP SP2:

cmd /c cd /d %1 && del /s /f /q *.*

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By: nirmaltv

nirmaltv — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:45:47 +0000

@Ashish,
Glad that you liked the tip.

By: Ashish Mohta

Ashish Mohta — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:30:24 +0000

This is one good thing I was looking for after sendto option. Thanks nirmal, I will link you for sure in the next speed linking

By: nirmaltv

nirmaltv — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:28:05 +0000

@Syahid,
You are right, the warning should be at the top. I forgot that, thanks for that correction.

@Venkat,
I have tried this on Vista and it was working fine, please make sure that you have entered the value with the correct number of spaces.

By: vekat

vekat — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:52:24 +0000

Nirmal, I’ve tried it on XP and its not working, Did anyone get this working.