Help needed with VB Script to delete folder and all files.

[Kyle]

I need a VBScript that will check if a folder exists and if so delete it and all its contents. I have a VBScript that will do it for a singe file and i am not sure ho to convert it so it will delete a folder and all its contents. THis is what i hav....

 

 

Call DeleteIfFound ("C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Web Design\Macromedia\Macromedia Contribute 3.lnk")

 

Function DeleteIfFound (FilePath)

Dim Fso

Set Fso = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If Fso.FileExists (FilePath) Then

Fso.DeleteFile (FilePath)

End If

Set Fso = Nothing

 

 

Basically I have a RIS image and it contains software that is not site licensed, i don't want to create a nother image just for that. So I just want to dlete the folder and shortcuts from the 'all users' menu.

End Function

[GlennT]

You could use a batch file with this in it....

 

if exist "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Web Design\Macromedia" rmdir /S /Q "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Web Design\Macromedia"

 

That should do the trick.

[Iain]

Or if you really want to use vbscript:

 

strPath = "C:\pathtofolder"

DeleteFolder strPath

Function DeleteFolder(strFolderPath)
Dim objFSO, objFolder
Set objFSO = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FolderExists(strFolderPath) Then
objFSO.DeleteFolder strFolderPath, True
End If
Set objFSO = Nothing
End Function

Edited January 18, 2008 by Iain

[Kyle]

Thaks Iain that works perfectly

[Grantx01]

works great but I was wondering if you wanted to make it for multiple files in different location. How would you do it. Also once delete is there any way to recover. "I do not wanted it recovered ever"

 

for example:

C:\test1

D:\test3

[LosOjos]

works great but I was wondering if you wanted to make it for multiple files in different location. How would you do it. Also once delete is there any way to recover. "I do not wanted it recovered ever"

 

for example:

C:\test1

D:\test3

 

As it's been written as a function, you just call the function on whichever paths you want. Files will be recoverable though, the only way you can absolutely make sure they're not recoverable would be to use a tool like Eraser to remove them. You could still script it in a BATCH file though.