How to delete files on the command line of Visual Studio Pre-build

Question

I am trying to delete files in my $(TargetDir) in visual studio before creating a project.

How do you need to format the command line to get around this problem, which I get below?

Answer 1

Try

 cd $(TargetDir) del *.tif 

As Jwenema noted, your $ (TargetDir) expands to a path containing spaces in the names of folders that violate the delete command.

Answer 2

I ended up using rd /s /q "$(TargetDir)" to clean the directory. As far as I know, it works.

Answer 3

Try adding quotation marks to the directory.

Answer 4

You must write del "$(TargetDir)*.tif" because of spaces in the directory path.

Answer 5

wmic process where name='chromedriver.exe' delete