Add "Delete Folder Contents" to Right Click Context Menu

[dmudgal]

With the help of this tutorial you can add the option Delete Folder Contents to the right-click context menu which appears when you right-click a folder.This would come handy at times when you want to delete all the files inside a folder and all it’s sub-folders without deleting the folders themselves.





Here’s how you can do this:

* Click on Start button, type regedit in the search box and hit enter.

* In Regedit, go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shel

* Right-click on shell, create a new Key and name it Delete Folder Contents



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* Again right-click on Delete Folder Contents, create a new Key and name it command



* In the right pane, double-click on (Default) string value and type

cmd /c "cd /d %1 && del /s /q *.* in the value data field and hit OK



* Close Registry Editor and your done

[Doug_72]

Interesting--saves you the trouble of opening folder, selecting all & then deleting....

[iMav]

Yup, this is a neat trick. Applicable to Vista too. Here is the registry file for the same:

Download

[HappyAndyK]

Works on Vista & Win 7 too.

Oops, just saw your post iMav.

[dmudgal]

Thanks Manan for the dd link

[roraniel]

Cool beans!!!

Originally Posted by iMav

Yup, this is a neat trick. Applicable to Vista too. Here is the registry file for the same:

Download