Need to check if Folder exits using batch file

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Hi All,
I want to check if folder exits or not using batch file, if exits i want to delete that folder else do nothing.

Path of the folder is : %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Dictionary

Condition is i need to do it by batch file.
Need to delete folder for all the existing users can anybody help me in solving this.
I tried the below code but not working

SET  src_dir="%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Dictionary"

IF EXIST %src_dir%\NUL
(

rmdir /s /q "%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Dictionary"
) 
ELSE 
(
echo "Not exists"
pause
)

Thanking you in advance

Posted 26-Sep-12 3:53am

Member 4531085

Updated 26-Sep-12 4:41am

Jonathan [Darka]

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Solution 1

The simplest suggestion is: with just deleting you cannot go wrong. If the directory does not exist, nothing will change.

If you still need a check, this old Microsoft support article explains the matter, as well as many other sources:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65994[^].

[EDIT]

You can get full description of all batch command and syntax on your system, if you auto-generate help using this wonderful batch script by Rob van der Woude improved by Johan Parlevliet:
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/allhelp.php[^].

—SA

Posted 26-Sep-12 5:00am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 26-Sep-12 5:05am

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Dave963 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-26T05:54:00

Solution 2

The pause isn’t really necessary
The whole line of code should be on a single line in the batch file except for the "pause" that should be on the second line.

VB

for /d %%a in ("%systemdrive%\Users\*.*") do if exist %%a\AppData\LocalLow\Dictionary rmdir /s /q %%a\AppData\LocalLow\Dictionary
pause

Posted 26-Sep-12 5:54am

Dave963

Updated 26-Sep-12 6:03am

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