Vista - Searching and removing files from an OU.

I'm running Windows Powershell 1.0 and would like to know of a way to
scan our network of 50+ computers in an ADSI OU to remove certain
files from their desktop?

I'm trying to remove all shortcuts to a program that no longer exist,
and it begins with the characters Vista 8.03.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

--TJ

Hi TJ,

That's a great request, and PowerShell definitely is the right tool for the
job.

Assuming that you're running in the context of an administrator of these 50+
computers, you could do this:

Get-QADComputer -SearchRoot 'company.com/ComputersOU' | ForEach-Object {
Remove-Item -Path "\\$($_.Name)\c$\Documents and
Settings\*\Desktop\Vista 8.03*" -WhatIf

}

Note that I added -WhatIf to show you what the script will do before you
actually run it. This supports multiple profiles on each computer, and
assumes that the profiles are all stored on the C drive and that you have an
administrative share on that drive.

Also note that this uses Quest's AD cmdlets. These cmdlets are free and
simplify working with AD in PowerShell. You can find them here:
http://www.quest.com/activeroles-server/arms.aspx

--
Kirk Munro
Poshoholic
http://poshoholic.com


<techjohnny@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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It seems that the editor I am using decided to try and treat it as a path.
Here's a substring of the middle of the Path property I listed in my
original post:

....$($_.Name)\c$\Documents and Settings\*\Desktop\...

I should also mention that once you install the Quest AD cmdlets, you'll
have to add them to PowerShell to be able to call Get-QADComputer using the
following command:

Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement

Please let me know how it works out for you.

--
Kirk Munro
Poshoholic
http://poshoholic.com


"Kirk Munro" <sorry@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Nov 29, 11:53 am, "Kirk Munro" <so...@xxxxxx> wrote:Awesome! Works as described.

Thanks,

--TJ