What do I type into Command Prompt?

Question

I have a Microsoft Windows XP and I am wondering how to delete my History folder completely. I think i can do that from Command Prompt but I don't know what to type in.

Answer 1

best not to do it using command prompt lest u know what ur doing.

if u want to delete IE history, select tools, internet options and delete browsing history on the first tab.

also u cannot permanently remove the history folder as it is a system folder.

Answer 2

In command prompt there is an internal command called del for deleting files. For deleting folders, the folder should be empty. and then we can give rm to remove the folder

student\MyFolder>del *.*
student\MyFolder>cd..
student>rm MyFolder
Otherwise there is an external command deltree. It deletes the entire contents. The folders need not to be emptied.

Answer 3

You CAN delete the folder, but one of two things might happen:

1) IE will fail to work after that, or...
2) IE will recreate it.

Better to just delete the contents, and you can do that from within the browser if you so want.

Answer 4

In the Command Prompt type: help - it will show you all the options. Also, then using a function put a: /? at the end for help on that specific function For example: net user /? will give you options on the net user command