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Thread ID: 97496 2009-02-18 00:15:00 Delete all folders except some jwil1 (65) Press F1
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748879 2009-02-18 00:15:00 I want to delete all the user profiles on several machines via a batch file.

Is there a way to tell the batch file to delete all folders in C:\Documents and Settings EXCEPT All Users, Default User and Administrator??

TIA :) 		jwil1 (65)
748880 2009-02-18 03:24:00 Not easily using DOS commands, but this script would accomplish it:


//************************************************** ************************
function FolderDeleter() {
try {
this.excludedFolders = new ActiveXObject( " Scripting.Dictionary " );
this.excludedFolders.add( " C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator " , true);
this.excludedFolders.add( " C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users " , true);
this.excludedFolders.add( " C:\\Documents and Settings\\Default User " , true);

this.fileSystemObject = new ActiveXObject( " Scripting.FileSystemObject " );
this.rootFolder = this.fileSystemObject.GetFolder( " C:\\Documents and Settings " );
} catch (exception) {
WScript.Echo( " Error: " );
WScript.Echo(exception.message);
WScript.Quit(1);
}
}

//************************************************** ************************
function FolderDeleter.prototype.deleteSubFolders() {
try {
var subFoldersEnum = new Enumerator(this.rootFolder.SubFolders);

while (!subFoldersEnum.atEnd()) {
var item = subFoldersEnum.item();

if (this.excludedFolders.exists(item.Path)) {
WScript.Echo( " excluding: " + item.Path);
} else {
WScript.Echo( " deleting: " + item.Path);
try {
this.fileSystemObject.DeleteFolder(item.Path, true)
} catch (exception) {
WScript.Echo( " Error when deleting: " + item.Path);
WScript.Echo(exception.message);
}
}

subFoldersEnum.moveNext();
}
} catch (exception) {
WScript.Echo( " Error: " );
WScript.Echo(exception.number);
WScript.Echo(exception.descrption);
WScript.Quit(1);
}
}

//************************************************** ************************
function main() {

var folderDeleter = new FolderDeleter();
folderDeleter.deleteSubFolders();

WScript.Echo( " done. " );
}

//************************************************** ************************

main();



And to run the script (pays to run it with Administrator rights), save the above into a file named " FolderDeleter.js " :


cscript [path-to-where-you-saved-it]\FolderDeleter.js 		dyewitness (9398)
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