With the help of this tutorial you can add the option Delete Folder Contents to the right-click context menu which appears when you right-click a folder.This would come handy at times when you want to delete all the files inside a folder and all it’s sub-folders without deleting the folders themselves.





Here’s how you can do this:

* Click on Start button, type regedit in the search box and hit enter.
* In Regedit, go to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell
* Right-click on shell, create a new Key and name it Delete Folder Contents


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* Again right-click on Delete Folder Contents, create a new Key and name it command



* In the right pane, double-click on (Default) string value and type

cmd /c "cd /d %1 && del /s /q *.* in the value data field and hit OK



* Close Registry Editor and your done

Is there any way you can delete to the recycle bin first?

wow , that is something amazing and i really didnt think of that before but just a question where will the files move to the recycle bin or something ?

The files will be permanently deleted.

Would this also work in Vista? I would love to have the feature to delete pictures once I've saved them into my external hard drive. I could then just use the same folder and rename it instead of having to make a new folder.

This works with XP and Vista (just tested.) If you have folders within the folder you delete, they will be retained.

Thanks, Rich. I usually just have pictures in the folder and no folders within folders. So, this will help a lot.

Yes.it works on vista too. happyComputing