Need to delete all the files with one extension on a drive in Windows 7

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Mar 15, 202671643 views

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I have a drive filled with 1000's of files spread across hundreds of folders. I was using a sync program that created many placeholder files throughout the drive. I need to delete all the placeholders but leave the folders and other files intact. I am using Windows 7.

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I found my own answer at the command line. where wlx is the file extension in question.

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Need to delete all the files with one extension on a drive in Windows 7

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