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Multiple Delete

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ai18ma

Flightless Bird
Hi There,

How do I delete a certain file in many folders in one go in XP? With DOS it
was a cinch; with XP, I have to use the Windows Explorer and go to every and
each folder, select the file and delete it.
I don't have the rights to execute a .bat file.
What is the better way of doing this? Thanks.
 
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Alan Edwards

Flightless Bird
Use the Search facility (Start-Search)

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Tue, 25 May 2010 01:36:01 -0700, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, ai18ma
<ai18ma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi There,
>
>How do I delete a certain file in many folders in one go in XP? With DOS it
>was a cinch; with XP, I have to use the Windows Explorer and go to every and
>each folder, select the file and delete it.
>I don't have the rights to execute a .bat file.
>What is the better way of doing this? Thanks.
 
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ai18ma

Flightless Bird
Thank you Alan.

I also need to copy another file to replace the deleted one to all those
folders. How would this go?

"Alan Edwards" wrote:

> Use the Search facility (Start-Search)
>
> ....Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
> http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 01:36:01 -0700, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, ai18ma
> <ai18ma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi There,
> >
> >How do I delete a certain file in many folders in one go in XP? With DOS it
> >was a cinch; with XP, I have to use the Windows Explorer and go to every and
 
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Terry R.

Flightless Bird
On 5/25/2010 1:36 AM On a whim, ai18ma pounded out on the keyboard

> Hi There,
>
> How do I delete a certain file in many folders in one go in XP? With DOS it
> was a cinch; with XP, I have to use the Windows Explorer and go to every and
> each folder, select the file and delete it.
> I don't have the rights to execute a .bat file.
> What is the better way of doing this? Thanks.
>


Are you trying to synchronize folders? If so, try allway sync:
http://www.allwaysync.com/ . I recently found this app and I am testing
it now for network workstation file syncing.

If you create a batch file, you can right click on it and select, "Run
as" and elevate your permissions.


Terry R.
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