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or something like this<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42251452-1">for %i in (&quot;E:\Scanning\Users\*.*&quot;) do if not %i == OSERV del %i /F /Q /S</code></pre>
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or something like this



for %i in ("E:\Scanning\Users\*.*") do if not %i == OSERV del %i /F /Q /S

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i have a subfolder in the users directory. as youcan see, the batch file deletes it. the folder name is OSERV. how can i keep the script but keep OSERV untouched. i cannot move this folder from the USERS directory<br />
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Del &quot;E:\Scanning\Users\*.*&quot; /F /Q /S<br />
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thanks
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i have a subfolder in the users directory. as youcan see, the batch file deletes it. the folder name is OSERV. how can i keep the script but keep OSERV untouched. i cannot move this folder from the USERS directory



Del "E:\Scanning\Users\*.*" /F /Q /S



thanks

how to exclude a folder from being deleted

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