Windows 7: command line to delete folder contents

What line in a batch file would delete the contents of
C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\ ?
del /F /S /Q /A "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" fails, so does
del "C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\*.*" /q

Hello,

Try:

Haven't coded BATCH in awhile, so not totally sure.

-Justin

Thanks Justin - NO improvement

Okay i looked it up this time:

You had a /q in there, and there is no need for it. So give that a shot, if not, then let me know.

-Justin

Still no better - could it be that \Temporary Internet Files\ is more stubborn than other folders ?

If you open an admin cmd prompt window and type in your command - you will be told that index.dat is in use. You will even see that there are folders that will show in the cmd prompt but do not usually show in windows file explorer.

I am not clear what the implication is from your information. Index.dat does not show as a content item in MY TIF folder.
It may be relevant to point out that there is NO difficulty opening that folder, selecting all the contents and deleting them. The problem arises when I try to use code to do it.

The path that you are using is not a real path. It is one of the many places where Microsoft shows you info that is not really located in that folder structure. Also, there are real folders and files under the "TIF" folder that you do not normally see via the Windows file explorer. My suggestion is to not mess with them:

Thanks for that advice. My only interest in deleting the files in TIF arises from the advice I was given to do that in order to solve a problem in Windows Live Mail.

you can try:

rd "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\" /q/s

It will still fail because index.dat is in use - but the folders and and temp files should be gone.