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Deleting Multi Directories with wildcard?


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Group,

Was hoping to get a little help with a scripting question as part of an Active Directory Migration project I'm involved in at work. As part of the migration we're intent on using SMS to do as much of the work as possible and so now we're faced with cleaning up the PC's where SMS isn't quite working (yeah, I know, SMS is never REALLY working %100). Anyway, I've been working on a script to clean out the registry and delete the files and services that I know normally exist, but I also want to clean out the SMS user profile folders. The problem is that, on occasion, SMS runs rampant and creates multiple profiles on a PC (often with an extention of SMSCLiSvcAcct&.001, SMSCliSvcAcct&.002, etc). Is there a way to delete sub-folders similar to using a wildcard in DOS, i.e.

DirRemove (C:\WinNT\Profiles\SMS*.*)
? If not, how can I delete the directory without know the actual name or whether it really exist.

It sounds simple, but I could not find anything in the doc's about using a wildcard for such a task.

Thanks in advance,

Z/K

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Larry,

Just tested it, works like a champ! I can't thank you enough for your quick response. I guess I wasn't thinking that the FileFindFirstFile would work just as well on a Folder :D Ah, so much still to learn and yet so few brain cells left to store it in... DOH!!!

Thanks again

Z/K

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goodmanjl531,

Are you serious? :o

The post above yours dates from nearly 10 years ago and the OP has not been online for 6 1/2 years! :D

Please engage your brain before hitting the "Submit" button in future. ;)

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