I process photos into individual folders, each folder includes subfolders. I want to search and delete all *.jpg files in all the highest level folders.
How could I tell Windows to find and delete all *.jpg in the highest level folder only, but leave all the subfolders untouched?
The following in a command line should work:
cd C:\path\to\the\folder
del *.jpg
It should not recurse into subdirectories, based on the documentation. I've not personally tested though, so you might want to run a small test first to be sure. (Always double check when you're not 100% sure and performing a delete of any sort!)
If you do want it to recurse into subdirectories, then use the /S switch:
cd C:\path\to\the\folder
del /S *.jpg
