Empty recycle bin

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Can I empty the recycle bin from the command prompt? I'd like to do
it as part of a batch file.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

 

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In article <MPG.1d837e4297de2ed29896d6@news.individual.net>, Stan
Brown favored us with...
> Can I empty the recycle bin from the command prompt? I'd like to do
> it as part of a batch file.

How embarrassing! I asked this question in June, and I GOT ANSWERS in
this very newsgroup. My apologies! Obviously I need to get my own
stray files in order before I ask any "new" questions, or AT LEAST
remember to google every single one first.

Some good should come out of this, at least: everybody else, don't
look foolish like I did! Google for your question before you post it
here!

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:09:23 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
>Karen's recycler should do the trick. Karen Kenworthy writes some
dandy
>freeware for the PC.
>
>http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:19:59 -0700, "Ken Blake"
<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:

>You can run cleanmgr.exe (which comes with Windows) from a batch
>file, but you'll have to choose the options you want in the
>window.

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

 

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the recycle bin folder is C:\RECYCLER you can delete the files in it by
using del command.

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Cankat Akdemir
Author of "Windows XP Secrets"


"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm>, haber iletisinde sunlari
yazdi:MPG.1d837e4297de2ed29896d6@news.individual.net...
> Can I empty the recycle bin from the command prompt? I'd like to do
> it as part of a batch file.
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> "If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
> been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

 

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In article <eMbWKWJsFHA.3424@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, Cankat Akdemir
favored us with...
> the recycle bin folder is C:\RECYCLER you can delete the files in it by
> using del command.

Thanks for the suggestion, but actually that won't work for me
because I have a third-party add-on that puts files into the Recycle
Bin after a command-prompt DEL command. (I say "won't work", but the
truth is I'm afraid of what might happen if I try.)

However, my question was answered back in June, and I should have
realized that before I posted. I've reposted the answers in this
thread for anyone who might be interested.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/