Hi everyone,
Im trying to delete a whole bunch of files (about 100,000 files, 700GB). Im cleaning up after data recovery. The files i want to delete are spread through a reasonally deep folder structure. Every file that i want to delete has [1] on the end of it.
I can get the right search terms to find them all (although it seems to find _1_ aswell for some reason). The problem is when i try to select them and delete them. Windows cant seem to handle this. It spends ages working away once i select the files. Once its done i press shift delete (These are not going to fit in the recycle bin). Windows works away for up to 6 or 7 hours. And nothing ends up happening. No comfirm delete dialouge box or anything. All the files are still there.
Iv tried to do this a bunch of different ways to no avail. Iv tried deleting in smaller groups (5000), same problem. I bought a 3rd party tool (duplcate file finder) which i hoped wouldnt suffer from this problem. It does.
Does anyone know a way i can get rid of these files?
Thanks