To delete such files use the syntax: DEL "\\?\path to file"Īlternatively for long filenames, you can reduce the total path length by using SUBST to map a drive letter to the folder containing the file. If the files failed to delete, or don’t exist to be deleted %ERRORLEVEL% = 0īad or no parameters given %ERRORLEVEL% = 1 Undeletable Filesįiles are sometimes created with a very long filename or a trailing period or with reserved names (CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL) and as a result they become impossible to delete with Windows Explorer. If the files were successfully deleted %ERRORLEVEL% = 0
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If you delete files using PowerShell then a True/False return code ( $?) will be set correctly. If a folder name is given instead of a file, all files in the folder will be deleted, but the folder itself will not be removed.Įrrorlevels: DEL will return an Errorlevel of 0, irrespective if the delete succeeds or fails for any reason.Īlso a deletion failure will not fire for || unless the DEL arguments are invalid.
Wildcards: These can be combined with part of a filename V Integrity attribute -V NO Integrity attribute (Windows 8+) X No scrub file attribute -X Scrub file attribute (Windows 8+) I Not content indexed -I content indexed files A Select files to delete based on file_attributes Q Quiet mode, do not give a Yes/No Prompt before deleting. F Ignore read-only setting and delete anyway (FORCE) DEL files_to_deleteįiles_to_delete : A filename or a list of files, may include wildcards.
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