Trust us: we’re well aware that this was way easier in Windows 2000. But at least now we’re ready to start deleting folders.

If you look at the items in our array, they happen to be exactly opposite of what we need; for example, the Archive folder is the first item in our array, but it has to be the last item that we delete. If we could invert the array - making the first last and the last first, to steal a phrase - we’d be in business. That’s where this block of code comes in: For i = Ubound(arrFolders) to 0 Step -1 strFolder = arrFolders(i) strFolder = Replace(strFolder, ' ', ' ') Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ('Select * from Win32_Directory where Name = ' & strFolder & '') For Each objFolder in colFolders errResults = objFolder.Delete Next Next What we’re doing here is reading our array from the bottom up. We’re creating a loop that starts with the very last item in the array; that’s what the Ubound (upper bound) function is for.

Is there a way via a vbs script that I can empty the contents of an outlook folder, called Cloudmark (spam) when its run? The ones I have. I have a VBScript that I run frequently that takes all my emails, including ones in subfolders, that saves them to a network drive before deleting them. Modifying this. VBScript » FileSystemObject » DeleteFolderVersion: 2.0. Accepts a Boolean value - True allows folders with read-only attributes to be deleted, while False (default) does not. This method deletes a specified folder, including all files and subfolders. Note that an error occurs if you try to delete a folder that doesn't exist. If the directory you want to delete does contain other files or, worse, subdirectories it seems that you are forced to use a recursive routine that does the job. You add a reference to the ' Microsoft Scripting Runtime type library ' delete the C: TEMP directory and all its sub-directories Dim fso As New Scripting.

I have a folder with a bunch of user folders and files in it and need to delete out all of the contents but leave the folders showing all of their names.

We’re then going to work our way down to the first item in the array: item 0. (As you might recall, the first element in an array is always item 0, not item 1.) The Step -1 function just means that we step backwards rather than forward: instead of going 0-1-2-3, we’re going 3-2-1-0. This is how we can start deleting at the bottom of the tree. Of course, before we can do that we need to adjust the folder paths; that’s what we do here: strFolder = Replace(strFolder, ' ', ' ') Our folder paths are going to look like this: C: Scripts Archive Subfolder A1 Subfolder B1.

That’s fine, except that we need to include these paths in a WQL query. Consequently, we need to double up all the ’s, resulting in paths that look like this: C: Scripts Archive Subfolder A1 Subfolder B1. We use the Replace function to replace each with. You’re right: there’s nothing straightforward about this script, is there?

With our new folder paths we can then use WMI to connect to the folder in question and - at long last - use the Delete method to actually delete the folder. That’s what happens here: Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ('Select * from Win32_Directory where Name = ' & strFolder & '') For Each objFolder in colFolders errResults = objFolder.Delete Next Having disposed of Subfolder B1, we can then start working our way up the tree, eventually deleting C: Scripts Archive. Five million lines of code later, we’re done, and C: Scripts Archive has been deleted.

Where Do I Put Embrilliance Serial Number. We’re not saying it’s a particularly elegant solution, but it is a solution, and it will work on all versions of Windows. And because it uses WMI, it works equally well on remote machines as it does on the local computer. So there you have it: deleting a folder and all its subfolders, a subject we’ve vowed never to deal with again. Well, at least not until the next service pack comes out.

Hi all, I need your help writing a script to delete folders from a specific folder which are few days old in Windows 2003. Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit Iso Download Free here. I have another script running that creates backup for each day of the week (creates folder Monday to Sunday) in a folder say 'e: backups'. I need a script that I'd schedule to check the date under 'E: backups' (those 7 folders created for mon- sun) and delete those older than 3 days (that means always keep the last 4 days worth of backup). If this is helpful for you - I came across a similar script written by Assaf - but with my limited knowledge I'm not able to customize it. This DaisyDeleteFiles.VBS would be helpful to me if I could simplify Assaf's codes to: 1.

Just delete those folders that are older than certain days (say 3 days) - this deletes all files and sub-folders within it (so no need to check dates recursively). For simplicity sake I even don't need logs created for this. Appreciate you looking into this. Many thanks in advance! Hi The code will check for presence of files and then delete the folders.