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Questions...<br />
- What kind of file is it?<br />
- What program is used to open it?<br />
- Does the file reside on a server?<br />
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Some programs lock the file when it is opened, possibly preventing it from deletion<br />
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Servers can use the NET FILE or PSFILE command to force closure of shared &nbsp;files
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Questions...
- What kind of file is it?
- What program is used to open it?
- Does the file reside on a server?

Some programs lock the file when it is opened, possibly preventing it from deletion

Servers can use the NET FILE or PSFILE command to force closure of shared  files

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hmm, there are no users in DOS..
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Pretty sure OP means CMD and not DOS<br />
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I would however use Powershell, somehing like this<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42739833-1">Get-SmbOpenFile | Where-Object -Property sharerelativepath -match &quot;SomeFile.txt&quot; | Close-SmbOpenFile -Force
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Include &quot;SomeFile.txt&quot; -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}</code></pre>
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Pretty sure OP means CMD and not DOS

I would however use Powershell, somehing like this


Get-SmbOpenFile | Where-Object -Property sharerelativepath -match "SomeFile.txt" | Close-SmbOpenFile -Force
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Include "SomeFile.txt" -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}

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Asatoma Sadgamaya

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Hi,<br />
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I am looking for dos command to force delete file/files by its name from folder. No matter any user uses/open that file. I don't want all files in the foleder get deleted when I run this code. Thats the reason why I am asking for a code where I can put file names and that code will delete the files I needed.<br />
<br />
Thank you
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Hi,

I am looking for dos command to force delete file/files by its name from folder. No matter any user uses/open that file. I don't want all files in the foleder get deleted when I run this code. Thats the reason why I am asking for a code where I can put file names and that code will delete the files I needed.

Thank you

DOS command to delete particular file/s from a folder

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.