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I provide support to a lot of clients. I have created a folder for each client, and under each client folder, I create a folder for the date on which the issue was reported.

Now due to growing data, I want to delete all issues for all clients which are before a cut off date.

The problem is while creating the date folder, I have not always followed a specific convention, some are creating using dd-MM-yyyy, some are using dd.MM.yyyy, etc.

Is there a quick way I can list all such date subfolders, and then choose which ones I do not want, and delete them?

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  • an old logic would be you can create a customized .bat file which will do this stuff for you :)
    – Lucifer
    Oct 27, 2012 at 10:41
  • I have worked with batch files long ago. How can I select folders in batch file, since they do not follow a standard naming convention. If I can see the folder search results in explorer for only 2nd level folders, then I can quickly decide which ones I want to delete. Alternately, we can do it based on folder creation date time. I feel a GUI based solution will be better, but can you give me some more clues about batch file, like which set of commands will be helpful in this case Oct 27, 2012 at 10:45
  • I have gone through forfiles command, but it is based on last modified date time, not created date time. Oct 27, 2012 at 10:48
  • for the GUI base solution, you can develop a customized application in Visual Basic 6.0, its easy one.
    – Lucifer
    Oct 27, 2012 at 10:49
  • I am looking for some utility which is ready. I do not want to get into programming for this. Oct 27, 2012 at 11:11

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in Total Commander with Cntl+B you see the whole files under those folder and delete that you want

if your files or folders have similar attribute , i could help you more.

you can use another tools like Servant Salamander

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