Erase a disc of a specific file type

I have an external hard drive containing many types of files I need to delete a file type within an iteration of steps.  Right now I can't remove 5000 of the desired file by searching for "the soup".  How can I do that more effectively?

Hello

Be VERY careful:

Logon as ADMINISTRATOR

Open an elevated command prompt

Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

How to open a high in Windows 7 command prompt
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html

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Del/f/s D:\*.XXX

Where D is the external drive and replace XXX by the real extension.

/F force deleting of read-only files

/S Specifies all subdirectories

* is a wildcard that says that all names with the extension that you provide.

I hope this helps.

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