How to Add Delete Folder Contents to Right Click Context Menu in Windows Vista / Windows 7

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.