Quick update on my extraordinarily interesting pc life.Learnt a...

Quick update on my extraordinarily interesting pc life.

Learnt a few things:

1. DOS is quicker than other usual forms of file deletion.
2. del won't work for folders, need to use command RD (= remove directory). Also deltree is no longer usable if you have XP as your OS.
3. files spelt with with a space must be wrapped in quotation marks or won't be read properly.
4. it was necessary to add /s and /q to the end of the command to achieve deletion.

S = Removes all directories and files in the specified directory in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a directory tree.
/Q = Quiet mode, do not ask if OK to remove a directory tree with /S.


Anyway, I'm still a good hour into it, and it seems to be working and much quicker than windows. Should be finished in another hour.

final command was rd C:\"program files"\AmiBroker\Reports/q/s