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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am tring to do some automated HDD cleanup and I have no issues with individual file deletion, I cant get multiple folders to delete using a wild card.

#include <Array.au3>
#include <Date.au3>
#include <File.au3>


#region SLU***.TMP Files-Folders
FileDelete("C:\Windows\TEMP\slu*.tmp")
DirRemove("C:\Windows\TEMP\slu*.tmp",1)
#endregion SLU***.TMP Files-Folders
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goodmanjl531,

It seems that DirRemove does not honour wildcards - it does not say that it does in the Help file and my testing confirms that.

So you will have to list the folders using _FileListToArray and then remove them individually - this code works for me: :)

#include <File.au3>

$sPath = "M:\" ; Change to match your required path

$aList = _FileListToArray($sPath, "slu*.tmp", 2)

For $i = 1 To $aList[0]
    DirRemove($sPath & $aList[$i], 1)
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