RMDir command for all users

[dsmith8]

Does anyone know a way of using a wildcard with RMDir command in cmd we are trying to do "C:\Users\*\OneDrive - eLearning & Information Management\tempsimsrpt" /S /Q but it's not playing ball.

 

I'm aware we could remove item in powershell but it's not a fan of the - naming of the path. We have tested RMDIR and it works just need it for every user

[MartinByard]

Something like this, run from an elevated powershell prompt ? it should capture a list of all the folders that match your criteria in the $ListOfFolders variable, and then they can be piped individually to a delete command

 

$BaseDir = "C:\Users"
$NameToFind = "OneDrive - eLearning & Information Management\tempsimsrpt"

$ListOfFolders = Get-ChildItem $BaseDir -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -and $_.FullName -like "*$NameToFind"}

foreach($FolderToDelete in $ListOfFolders)
{
$FolderToDelete.FullName
#Remove-Item -Path $FolderToDelete.FullName -Recurse -Force
#RMDIR /S /Q $FolderToDelete.FullName
}

 

Run it once as is to list all the folders it wants to delete, then all you need to do is remove the hash in front of the command you want to use to actually carry out the delete. I would advise testing it on one machine with not many users first (maybe after making a backup) just in case it goes wrong.