Windows Command Prompt is a powerful system management tool. With knowledge of certain system commands, you can perform almost any action with settings and files in Windows. With its help, you can also delete unnecessary system files or some data inaccessible to the graphical interface.
Instructions
Step 1
Run the Command Prompt utility in Windows. To do this, you can go to "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories" - "Command Line". To launch it, you can use the Windows keyboard buttons (the button with the Windows logo) and R at the same time. You can also find the console by entering cmd in the start menu search bar.
Step 2
In the window that appears, you must enter the desired command to delete your file. The del command is commonly used and has the following syntax:
del drive: path_to_file / file attribute
Instead of "disk" in this command, you must insert the letter of the drive on which the file you recorded is located. So, if the document to be deleted is located in the windows folder of the system drive, the command will look like del C: / Windows / file.txt, where file.txt is the file to be deleted.
Step 3
If you want to delete all data in a folder, specify the appropriate / S attribute. For example:
del C: / Windows / folder / s
This command will delete all data in the folder directory, including any subdirectories.
Step 4
You can also use the Erase utility to erase the files you want. It has a similar syntax to del and can also erase necessary files. For example:
erase C: / Program Files / Game RMDIR
This command will destroy the Game directory, which is located in the Program files directory of the C drive.
Step 5
There are two steps to remove a system file. First, you must indicate that you are the owner of this document:
takeown / f C: / Windows / System32 / program.exe
This request will help you get access to delete the program.exe file.
Step 6
Then you need to allow the delete operation on the system to yourself through the cacls command:
cacls C: / Windows / System32 / program.exe / G system_user_name: F
"User_name_in_system" is your username that is used when working in the system.
Step 7
After that, you can use the del query:
del C: / Windows / System32 / program.exe
The deletion of the system file is complete.
