ITGal Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Having issues with a simple line of text. Want to remove a folder from within My Documents. Let's say this folder is called 'MyFolder'. I can't for the life of me get it to work! I've tried DirRemove, FileDelete, FileMove So, I'd like to try to do something simple like: DirRemove(@DocumentsCommonDir & "MyFolder", 1) or move it to the temp dir to be deleted from there. Help would be greatly appreciated!
Moderators Melba23 Posted June 20, 2012 Moderators Posted June 20, 2012 ITGal,@DocumentsCommonDir does not have trailing backslash - try adding one: DirRemove(@DocumentsCommonDir & "MyFolder", 1)M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
BrewManNH Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 @DocumentsCommonDir points to the C:UsersPublicDocuments folder on Windows 7, probably the All Users folder on Windows XP, use @MyDocumentsDir to point to your own My Documents folder. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator
ITGal Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Thank you BrewManNH, that did the trick!Is there any way to delete the folder from My Documents from ALL users?
BrewManNH Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 In XP the folder in question would be in the C:Documents and Settings<username>My Documents, in newer OSs it would be in the C:Users<username>Documents folder. You'd have to get all the username folders and then search in each of the (My)Documents folder for the folder you're looking for. _FileListToArray could get all the user folders, simple search through the returned folders would do the trick. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator
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