Deleting subfolders by script (Server 2003/XP)

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Hi,

I’m looking for a script, that I can run locally on one of my servers, which will delete a folder and any subfolders contained within it. The top level folder and its subfolders will contain files, and possibly further subfolders. I also require the ability to delete subfolders without knowing their name.

I have found the following vbs script on the Windows 2000 Technet Scripting Guide, which uses WMI…

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strComputer = “.”
Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:” & “{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!” & strComputer & “rootcimv2”)
Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
(“SELECT * FROM Win32_Directory WHERE Name = ‘c:test'”)
For Each objFolder in colFolders
errResults = objFolder.Delete
Wscript.Echo errResults
Next
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This works just fine on the top level folder (C:test) even when it contains files, but if it contains a subfolder the script fails with an error of 14 (folder not empty).

Can anyone offer a solution, or point me in the right direction? This is such a basic administrative task, but I can find no immediate solution?

TIA,

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Try the following :

    Dim fso
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    fso.DeleteFolder("C:Test")
    Set fso = Nothing

Andrew C

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Thanks for that, but it was the subfolders under C:test that I was interersted in.

I’ve just posted a solution that uses the File Scripting Object rather than WMI.

Cheers,

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Thanks for that, but it was the subfolders under C:test that I was interersted in.

I’ve just posted a solution that uses the File Scripting Object rather than WMI.

Cheers,

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Try the following :

    Dim fso
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    fso.DeleteFolder("C:Test")
    Set fso = Nothing

Andrew C

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Honestly…

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Cheers,

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Honestly…

You change one tiny word in Google and you get a completely different set of hits…including the answer you’ve been looking for days. See this link for a solution.

Cheers,

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