Deleting hundreds of thousands of files

[jlong07]

Hello,

I have Win 2003 Server. I have recently run into a major problem with server slow down. I am trying to troubleshoot this and I found that a folder on the server has around 800,000 temp files in it. I have tried deleting these files, but the server just locks up when I try. How can I purge this directory without the operating system having to delete each file individually so that it won't lock up.

 

[Bluenose]

How are you deleting the files? Just selecting delete add them to the recycle bin.
Try temporarily disabling any antivirus software then shift&delete within the GUI.

 

[jlong07]

I have tried deleting them with the command prompt. I have tried doing it with shift-delete in windows. I have tried deleting portions of it. The problem I am running into is that all of the delete commands I know delete each file individually. When you are dealing with 800,000 files and over 2 GB of stuff it takes a while to do and the OS locks up before it is done.

 

[spool]

Try using Disk Cleanup in Accessories>System Tools.



Spool

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