Delete folders without a script?
I've had a problem bugging me for quite a while now and I've been unable to find a good solution. I'm looking for something like this: someutility.exe C:\Windows\Temp\*.* /q This would delete everything in the temp folder silently but NOT touch the temp folder itself. So no rd command. And my ultimate would be a way to delete the Microsoft patch uninstall folders in the Windows directory that start with a "$"... I'd even consider a script for that one. There just doesn't seem to be an easy way to delete folders in windows using a wildcard. Anyone have ideas on this one? I need to do some cleanup before distributing an in-house package.
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jamsek19
16 years ago
You can remove files using VBS script. An example (from VBS help)
[font="courier new"]Sub DeleteAFile(filespec, force)
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFile filespec, force
End Sub
filespec should have wildcards, therefore to remove everything from c:\Windows\temp folder you call this function this way:
Add a new custom action (VBS script stored in binary data or as a property) called CleanUp:
[font="courier new"]Function CleanUp()
DeleteAFile "c:\Windows\temp\*.*", true
CleanUp = 1 ' means success
End Function
Sub DeleteAFile(filespec, force)
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFile filespec, force
End Sub
BR
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFile filespec, force
End Sub
filespec should have wildcards, therefore to remove everything from c:\Windows\temp folder you call this function this way:
Add a new custom action (VBS script stored in binary data or as a property) called CleanUp:
[font="courier new"]
DeleteAFile "c:\Windows\temp\*.*", true
CleanUp = 1 ' means success
End Function
Sub DeleteAFile(filespec, force)
Dim fso
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFile filespec, force
End Sub
BR
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