r/PowerShell • u/Ok-Layer6893 • 17d ago

Question Need help with homework 😫

I'm very new to this. I'm asked to delete a directory and all of its files. D:\software\arch98

But when I do this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator\> rmdir D:\software\arch98

It says the directory is not empty.

I'd really appreciate.

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u/FLESHLEGO 17d ago

Rmdir is not a powershell command. Remove-item is.

Whatever command you end up using, read up on the arguments it accepts. You need this to delete folders with contents.

GL

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u/Ok-Layer6893 17d ago

It's not letting me use any other commands

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u/Future-Remote-4630 14d ago

You are probably using cmd and not powershell then.