How to empty Recycle Bin using command line

[Faakhir]

hello friends,

I want to know, is there a way to empty recycle bin from a command line. I am using Windows XP operating system. Can anybody suggest me ideas to empty recycle bin using command line ?

thanks

[jesse]

The command line to empty Recycle Bin looks something like this :

ATTRIB %systemdrive%\RECYCLER\* -R -S -H /S /D
RD %systemdrive%\RECYCLER /S /Q

Put the above in a batch file, and that's it..

Sometimes RD won't do it's job, so to be safer side follow these :

ATTRIB %systemdrive%\RECYCLER\* -R -S -H /S /D
DEL %systemdrive%\RECYCLER\* /F /S /Q
RD %systemdrive%\RECYCLER /S /Q

[SalVatore]

Empty Recycle Bin 1.00 - Empty Recycle Bin is a simple command line tool that will allow you to empty the Windows Recycle Bin.
To view the syntax : use 'EmptyRecycleBin.exe /?'

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[MrChris-]

del C:\RECYCLED\?*.*

DEL is an internal command of CMD.exe to delete an object, so that it might be neccessary to load it first [(i.e. the command line might appear something like this: CMD.exe /C del C:\RECYCLED\?*.*)]