Windows 7 Delete heavily nested folder structure [duplicate]

Solution 1:

I have not tried this software but you may want to review it and give it a go.

https://deepremove.codeplex.com/

Good Luck.

Solution 2:

For posterity I'm sharing SiloSix's solution.

He created a bat file to move the folder structure around and delete small chunks at a time. It's simple and beautiful. (I also had several thousands folders to deal with.)

It worked on my problem in less than 2 minutes.

REM https://superuser.com/users/151251/silosix
D:

REM  CD deep into the problem directory...
cd D:\a\calculator.sikuli\calculator.sikuli\calculator.sikuli\calculator.sikuli

REM Move the rest of the problem dir to a temporary parent folder
move /-Y calculator.sikuli D:\b

REM CD to the temp folder
cd D:\b

REM delete the section of problem-dir above
rd /s/q D:\a\calculator.sikuli

REM Move the rest of problem-dir back to origin
move /-Y calculator.sikuli D:\a

REM Call the script until problem directory is gone!
call D:\remdirs2.bat

The REM tags are just comments, they can be left in or taken out as you please. (In case the next person to find this isn't versed in bat scripting.)