Batch FIle help

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

deltree is not available with Windows XP.

The rmdir /s command deletes directories containing files and
subdirectories. For more information about the rmdir command, see Rmdir.

Rmdir (rd)
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...

New ways to do familiar tasks

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/dos_diffs.htm

Click OK.

Scroll down to Unavailable MS-DOS Commands

Or...

New ways to do familiar tasks
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...

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Command-line reference
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...

Or >>

Command-line reference

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

hh ntcmds.chm

Click OK.
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Command-line reference A-Z
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...

Or >>

Command-line reference A-Z

Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:

%windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

Click OK.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news TmQce$HFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
Ben Wallace <kixman@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Not sure if this is the best group to ask this question....but I'm
> trying to run a batch file that would delete files from a given
> directory, but I'm not having any success. Here is the text in the
> file ------------------------
> @ECHO OFF
> deltree C:\ABM\bin\*.* /y
>
>
> CLS
> EXIT
> ------------------------
>
> I'm using windows XP Pro.
>
> Thanks.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

You can also use "rd /s"
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:eKZhct$HFHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> deltree is not available with Windows XP.
>
> The rmdir /s command deletes directories containing files and
> subdirectories. For more information about the rmdir command, see Rmdir.
>
> Rmdir (rd)
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...
>
> New ways to do familiar tasks
>
> Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
>
> %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/dos_diffs.htm
>
> Click OK.
>
> Scroll down to Unavailable MS-DOS Commands
>
> Or...
>
> New ways to do familiar tasks
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...
>
> -----
>
> Command-line reference
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...
>
> Or >>
>
> Command-line reference
>
> Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
>
> hh ntcmds.chm
>
> Click OK.
> -----
>
> Command-line reference A-Z
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/window...
>
> Or >>
>
> Command-line reference A-Z
>
> Start | Run | Copy and paste the following line:
>
> %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:c:\Windows\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm
>
> Click OK.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news TmQce$HFHA.2700@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
> Ben Wallace <kixman@hotmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Not sure if this is the best group to ask this question....but I'm
>> trying to run a batch file that would delete files from a given
>> directory, but I'm not having any success. Here is the text in the
>> file ------------------------
>> @ECHO OFF
>> deltree C:\ABM\bin\*.* /y
>>
>>
>> CLS
>> EXIT
>> ------------------------
>>
>> I'm using windows XP Pro.
>>
>> Thanks.
>