Re: Deleting folder

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Hi,

Put spaces after "My" just as I did when I wrote the response, the space is a valid part of the string path and you are missing it. There is no "MyDocuments", but there is a "My Documents". Don't attach the RD command to the end of the CD string, do it as a separate step (appending it to an invalid string is pointless anyways, plus you would be trying to run two different commands from the same line). You want to be sure you are in the right directory (the "My Pictures" folder in your user profile) before you run the RD command, as the results are not reversible.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jwm" <jwm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:36CE5F90-6EB9-4791-A91D-CC832101AAEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Rick, I'm typing cd %userprofile%\mydocuments\mypictures . It tells me no
such path. On the end of the string my pictures I've put rd/s/q hub. Still no
luck. I'm doing something wrong or I'm just not understanding your
instructions. Please bear with me. I,m new at this. Could you suggest a book
that would explain questions such as this or is it learn as you go. I'm not
familiar with dos. Thanks, James
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jwmtx


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

You should've just asked for more explicit instructions. Click start/run or
hit winkey+r and type CMD, then click ok. From the prompt, run:

cd %userprofile%\my documents\my pictures

Then, delete the unwanted folder, say it's called "pics1" by running:

rd /s /q pics1

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"jwm" <jwm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FEFC8109-5C81-4C05-8855-A377EC81C317@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -I have a folder in My Pictures that I can not delete. On the XP Basics
> group
> they told me to use Command Prompt-R/S etc. But I don't know how to do
> that.
> I am hoping someone on beginners can explain it to me. Thanks, James
> -- > jwmtx



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