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Is there a software that can delete specific folders from a list that's in text or excel file?

I would like to know if there's a software that can delete a lot of folders from a list. The list is in an excel file but I can convert it to text file. Is that there a software that can do this, so I don't have to hunt every folder and delete it manually?

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1. I'm not 100% sure if it exists somewhere or not, but chances are it's not worth taking extensive time looking for. What you can possibly do to make this easier would be using the windows search feature (located on the start bar, where exactly depends on your version of windows).
2. there are---- brute force uninstaller , found here http://majorgeeks.com/Brute_Force_Uninstaller_BFU_d4714.html
3. You've already got all the tools you need - which is just Notepad. The folder list should be plain text with each folder name on a single line. It doesn't matter if the folders end with a slash or not. It doesn't matter ifthe folder names or the path has spaces in it as that's coped with by the quotes in the batch file you're going to write. Open Notepad and put this for /F "tokens=*" %%a in (list.txt) DO RMDIR "%%a" Save it as delete.bat. You can save it with whatever name you want but it must end in .bat. In the example the list of folders was saved as list.txt, but again you can call it what you want, just change the name in the example above. Once you've done that then just double click on the .bat file. Test any batch file first - remember these are DOS commands and files and folders deleted by DOS commands DO NOT go into the Recycle Bin. You may want to change the RMDIR command to something like COPY, MOVE, XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to simply move the directories so you can check them before you delete them. See http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm for how to configure those commands and how they work.