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toby466 · 10-11-2006, 09:54 AM

Do you know any program for Windows which can do this:

Delete cartain file type (ie. jpg files) in selected directory and its subdirectories and left directory structure and all others files intact.

Any ideas?

Klen · 10-11-2006, 09:57 AM

Try to do it with batch scripting.

psili · 10-11-2006, 10:03 AM

Here's a really dumb way in DOS:

Open up your dos prompt.
CD into the directory you want to recursively remove files from.
Type: dir *.jpg /S/B > list.bat
Open up "list.bat" in an editor and prepend each line with "del " (using a regular expression replace)
Run that batch file.

-- totally dumb, but since I don't know of any program either, that's how I'd do it.

Quickdraw · 10-11-2006, 10:07 AM

You can do it without a program this way--

start>>
Search>>
Pictures, Music, or Video>>
Check the box-- Pictures and Photos>>
Use Advanced>>
then select your top folder to search and click 'Search' and it will display all image files in that folder and subs

edit--
of course then you -- ctrl+a and hit delete

10-11-2006, 09:54 AM	#1
toby466 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 33	How to delete files & left directory structure intact? Do you know any program for Windows which can do this: Delete cartain file type (ie. jpg files) in selected directory and its subdirectories and left directory structure and all others files intact. Any ideas?

10-11-2006, 10:03 AM	#3
psili Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 5,526	Here's a really dumb way in DOS: Open up your dos prompt. CD into the directory you want to recursively remove files from. Type: dir *.jpg /S/B > list.bat Open up "list.bat" in an editor and prepend each line with "del " (using a regular expression replace) Run that batch file. -- totally dumb, but since I don't know of any program either, that's how I'd do it. __________________ Your post count means nothing.

10-11-2006, 10:07 AM	#4
Quickdraw Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: → → → Posts: 1,717	You can do it without a program this way-- start>> Search>> Pictures, Music, or Video>> Check the box-- Pictures and Photos>> Use Advanced>> then select your top folder to search and click 'Search' and it will display all image files in that folder and subs edit-- of course then you -- ctrl+a and hit delete Last edited by Quickdraw; 10-11-2006 at 10:09 AM..

10-11-2006, 09:57 AM	#2
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Try to do it with batch scripting.