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92719 2002-10-26 22:04:00 There should be a space between the Q and the "shared.." as Babe showed.
The spaces are critical to success
godfather (25)
92720 2002-10-27 05:38:00 typed with spaces still parameter format not correct
"Q"shared folder 1"".
i must be doing something wrong..
johnboy (217)
92721 2002-10-27 06:02:00 Then just leave the Q out (all it does is suppress the "are you sure you want to...." prompt.)

What happens with it left out? (you can answer Y if its going to delete the directory you want deleted)
godfather (25)
92722 2002-10-27 06:17:00 Johnboy,

You are obviously leaving out the spaces in the command.

The command for RemoveDirectory (RD or RMDIR) is as follows

RD /S /Q "shared folder 1"

there is a space between the RD and the first qualifier /S
there is a space between the first qualifier /S and the second qualifier /Q
there is a space between the second qualifier /Q and the directory name "shared folder 1" (and the quotes are required

Babe.
Babe Ruth (416)
92723 2002-10-27 06:24:00 now it says
invalid switch ""shared folder 1""
johnboy (217)
92724 2002-10-27 06:29:00 Johnboy,

Please read my last post carefully... it seems you are still not putting the exact command line in properly. Have another go following that previous instruction of mine.

Cheers, Babe.
Babe Ruth (416)
92725 2002-10-27 06:33:00 i know its me ... sorry last post i left Q out it said invalid switch this one i did as follows

RD /S /Q "shared folder 1"
it now says the system cannot find the file specified
johnboy (217)
92726 2002-10-27 06:37:00 Johnboy,

Ok that means that the file (directory) is not at the place you are currently at .

1 . If you type CD and press the enter key what is the command prompt returned?

2 . When you type DIR and press the enter key what is the directory information returned?

Cheers, Babe .
Babe Ruth (416)
92727 2002-10-27 07:02:00 C:\documents and settings\ALLusers\documents>cd
enter
c:\documents and settingAllusers\documents

c:\documents and settings\ALLusers\documents>DIR
ENTER
26/10/2002 05:13 p . m <dir> .
26/10/2002 05:13 pm <dir> . .
23/10/2002 05 . 13 pm <dir> my music
26/10/2002 05 . 13 pm <dir> my pictures
14/09/2002 10 . 38 pm <dir> my videos
26/10/2002 05 . 46 pm <dir> shared folder1
johnboy (217)
92728 2002-10-27 07:06:00 Johnboy,

Ok, from that post of yours it looks like there is no space before the 1 in that shared folder directory which you wish to delete. If so then the command is
RD /S /Q "shared folder1"
Cheers, Babe.
Babe Ruth (416)
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