Delete all files starting with ~$

[BKGarry]

Hello All,

 

I have just moved all over our student and staff files from our old server to our new one with robocopy, but I it has now set all hidden files as visible. I am now getting lots of requests about students work not working but when I go to them it seems that a lot of them have files that start with a ~$ and then the correct file. I assuming this is to do with autorecovery or something as they all seem to be office documents.

 

Is there an easy way of having a script which deletes all files starting with ~$ in a directory and all of its sub directories while leaving all the other files in place?

 

Kind Regards

[X-13]

Wouldn't something simple like this work?

 

FOR %%A in (\\server\share) DO (IF %%A == ~$*.* DEL %%A)

 

Possibly... Obviously you should test it out with a sacrificial folder before hand.

Edited July 1, 2015 by X-13
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[BKGarry]

But would that search all the subfolders of that share to delete them?

 

I am sure it is something simple, it is just my brain it totally fried. Too many days of data transfers.

[X-13]

But would that search all the subfolders of that share to delete them?

 

I am sure it is something simple, it is just my brain it totally fried. Too many days of data transfers.

 

I revised if for a FOR loop.

 

May need to be FOR /R.

 

 

However, I am far too hot at the moment to work it out...

[BKGarry]

I know how you feel, I have actually started to work directly on the servers instead of using RDP so that I have an excuse to cool down :-)

[sted]

couldnt you just search for file names starting ~$ in explorer wait for it to finish then just select all delete?

[Arthur]

I am sure it is something simple

???

 

del /s /q ~$*.*

[Gibson335]

???

 

del /s /q ~$*.*

 

That looks like it. I used to have a batch file that did this job, scheduled to run overnight.

[BKGarry]

Than you all,

 

the simple del command did it, I was just being simple and slow :-)

[BKGarry]

Just to let you know, this has solved the problem :-) it was exactly what I needed. I have been out for a Pizza now and some shopping (brought a copy of The Way Things Work - New Edition :-) ) and seem to be back on game.

 

I purely was not thinking earlier