Problem deleting files

[Guest]

I have a directory with a tremendously large number of files - in the 100's
of 1000's. If I do "del *" when in the directory the process never
finishes, probably because there are just too many files.

Does anyone know of a third-party tool (or some other method) to delete
files under such circumstances?

Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks.

David

 

[Mark V]

wrote in

I have a directory with a tremendously large number of files - in
the 100's of 1000's. If I do "del *" when in the directory the
process never finishes, probably because there are just too many
files.

Or because you did mot wait long enough.

Does anyone know of a third-party tool (or some other method) to
delete files under such circumstances?

del a*
del b*
del c* ...
del 1* ...

 

[Bob I]

Fastest way is to delete the directory itself from a command prompt.