Delete all files apart from all video types and images

[blackrainbow]

i ment to say there on on C:\ the external HDD is H and no foldes just the files

[foxidrive]

These two commands will use drive h: and the file.txt will be saved on your desktop.
Follow the points I outlined in the earlier post.

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dir h:\*.* /b /a-d |findstr /v /i /L ".mpg .mkv .mpg .mpeg .jpg .png .bmp .gif" >"%userprofile%\desktop\file.txt"


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for /f "usebackq delims=" %a in ("%userprofile%\desktop\file.txt") do del "%a"

[blackrainbow]

Ive ran the file txt ill keep you posted when i come back later

[blackrainbow]

Ive ran the Delete side of the script and it saying files not found :/

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[Squashman]

Ive ran the Delete side of the script and it saying files not found :/

You know it is possible to copy and paste text from the CMD window.

[blackrainbow]

Squashman yeahh i know that,

[Squashman]

Since you are not running both commands from the H:\ drive on the command prompt then you need to hard code both commands to use the H: drive.

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for /f "usebackq delims=" %a in ("%userprofile%\desktop\file.txt") do del "H:\%a"

[blackrainbow]

how would i do that  ive tried to use the dir H:\ bfor the code

[Squashman]

how would i do that  ive tried to use the dir H:\ bfor the code

Well you don't need to if you use the small code variation I made to Foxidrive's code.

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C:\Users\Squashman>H:

H:\>

[foxidrive]

I'm sorry, I initially used a recursive search and removed the /s while editing it because you hadn't mentioned if there were subdirectories, but Squashman's modification will work if all the files are in H:\ and the following modification should work too if there are no subdirectories - I put the /s back in.

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dir h:\*.* /s /b /a-d |findstr /v /i /L ".mpg .mkv .mpg .mpeg .jpg .png .bmp .gif" >"%userprofile%\desktop\file.txt"


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for /f "usebackq delims=" %a in ("%userprofile%\desktop\file.txt") do del "%a"

[blackrainbow]

ive done it following squashmans adcive thanks guys :D