The Windows Fix » delete http://www.thewindowsfix.com Software, Technology and Tutorials Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:40:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Quickly Empty the Contents of a Folder with this Registry Hack http://www.thewindowsfix.com/quickly-empty-the-contents-of-a-folder-with-this-registry-hack/ http://www.thewindowsfix.com/quickly-empty-the-contents-of-a-folder-with-this-registry-hack/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:15:45 +0000 T.J. Mininday http://www.thewindowsfix.com/?p=530
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    • ]]>     There have been many times where I’ve wanted to clean the slate and empty a folder on the desktop or my docs. For whatever reason, I need to import new files with updated files or I just simply want the folder to be empty. Unfortunately the only way of going about this is by manually deleting all of the files in the folder. Not anymore…

    A simple Windows registry hack allows you to empty the contents of a folder, as you would the recycle bin. Follow these simple instructions for Windows XP and Vista:

    1. Right-Click on the desktop and select New>Text Document.
    2. Double-Click on the text document and paste the following code in:
      Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

      [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Delete Folder Contents]

      [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Delete Folder Contents\command]
      @=”cmd /c \”cd /d %1 && del /s /q *.*”

    3. After applying that code, make sure you save the file as a .REG file, not a .TXT file.
    4. That’s all it takes. You’ll now have the option on your right-click context menu.


      5. A quick hack to get you emptying folders at will.

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