Nov 8, 2009 - I need a Script (VB or BAT: Prefferebly BAT Script) That will search and delete all Files and Folders (Even the folders that contain subfolders.

26-Feb-02 0:14 26-Feb-02 0:14 This is from the API documentation for SHFileOperation: 'When used to delete a file, SHFileOperation will attempt to place the deleted file in the Recycle Bin. If you wish to delete a file and guarantee that it will not be placed in the Recycle Bin, use DeleteFile.' The message is clear.if you do NOT want your deleted files to go to the Recycle Bin use the RecursiveDelete and NOT the shell operation method. Hope this is useful to someone. Thanks for the RecursiveDelete function i was on the brink of writing it when I found it!

Back in Nov-2006 I wrote about a free script (WaRmZip) you could download to be used for. That script includes a lot of features and flexibility. Here’s a simpler script that does a similar cleanup of old log files that you might find useful. It includes a.vbs backend script plus a simple one line.bat batch file script that can be added to your SBS scheduler. You can a zip file from my website that contains the.vbs file, a sample.bat file and a sample log file. To keep things simply, I store these files on my SBS server’s in a C: scripts folder. The.vbs file does not need any editing at all.

It is designed to search, starting at a specified folder, plus all sub folders below it. Howerver, if you wish to play it safe while testing, you can edit the.vbs file and remark out the file.delete line located on line 37 near the end of the script. The.bat file will define the starting folder and the age of files to be deleted, and will create a log file so you can track the files deleted. This batch file can then be scheduled to run daily, weekly or whatever. You can either create separate batch files or just add additional cscript lines to this one batch file.

Here’s an example of the batch file IU use to cleanup IIS log files over 30 days old: cscript c: scripts deloldfiles.vbs c: windows system32 logfiles 30 >> c: scripts iis.logAnd here is part of the corresponding log file it creates: Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.