Batch file to perform start, run, %TEMP% and delete all

Question

looking for a way to perform the following: Start > Run > "%TEMP% > Delete everything (skipping any conflicts). so Far I have ``` @echo off start %TEMP% DEL *.* ``` I suppose I could use CD to get to the folder, the thing I'm wondering is if there are any instances where it cannot delete an a dialog box comes up, I want to skip these. Thanks for the help! Liam

Accepted Answer

`del` won't trigger any dialogs or message boxes. You have a few problems, though:

`start` will just open Explorer which would be useless. You need `cd` to change the working directory of your batch file (the `/D` is there so it also works when run from a different drive):

```
cd /D %temp%
```

You may want to delete directories as well:

```
for /d %%D in (*) do rd /s /q "%%D"
```

You need to skip the question for `del` and remove read-only files too:

```
del /f /q *
```

so you arrive at:

```
@echo off
cd /D %temp%
for /d %%D in (*) do rd /s /q "%%D"
del /f /q *
```

Batch file to perform start, run, %TEMP% and delete all

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