I have tried to follow the advice here:
Need to delete all the files with one extension on a drive in Windows 7
But if I want to delete all files in a specific folder, with a specific extension, that doesn't work.
I have a folder with *.ASP
and *.ASPX
files, and I need to delete all the *.ASP
files but keep the ASPX pages.
I also need to delete a folder if it is empty, after deleting the file(s).
How would I delete all the ASP pages easily, including empty folders? Command prompt is no problem.
EDIT: This is the trick in PowerShell:
Get-ChildItem -path . -recurse -include *.asp |
Where-Object {-not $_.PSIsContainer} |
Remove-Item -Verbose
Best Answer
To remove all files with a specific extension can be done with something like:
cd C:\ path\to\directory\extension
del /s *.extension
For removing empty folders I would suggest looking at a question from stackoverflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7831286/how-to-delete-empty-folders-using-windows-command-prompt
EDIT: Obviously I suggest caution running this sort of command on an entire drive. There might be something you need. So do be careful.