I want to remove all files from a folder structure, so I'm left with an empty folder structure.
Can this be achieved in either batch or VBScript scripting?
I have tried a very basic batch command, but this required the user to allow the deletion of each file. This wasn't a suitable solution as there are many hundreds of files and this will increase massively over time.
What can you suggest?
This can be accomplished using PowerShell:
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Include *.* -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}
This command gets each child item in $path, executes the delete method on each one, and is quite fast. The folder structure is left intact.
If you may have files without an extension, use
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Include * -File -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}
instead.
It appears the -File parameter may have been added after PowerShell v2. If that's the case, then
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Include *.* -Recurse | foreach { $_.Delete()}
It should do the trick for files that have an extension.
If it does not work, check if you have an up-to-date version of Powershell
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