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06-06-2009
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| | empty recycle bin I need to write a simple script that will empty the recycle bin on a single desktop computer. -- Ryan Denver, CO |
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06-06-2009
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| | RE: empty recycle bin This should work: $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application $objFolder = $objShell.Namespace(0xA) $objFSO = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject foreach ($item in $objFolder.Items()) { If ($item.type -eq "File Folder") { $objFSO.DeleteFolder($item.path) } Else { $objFSO.DeleteFile($item.path) } } "Ryan" wrote: Quote: > I need to write a simple script that will empty the recycle bin on a single > desktop computer. > -- > Ryan > Denver, CO |
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06-07-2009
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| | Re: empty recycle bin One shortcut that can simplify this further is to use Remove-Item; that reduces it to a 2-line solution: $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application $objShell.Namespace(0xA).Items() | Remove-Item -Recurse And in the obligatory "oh yeah, it can be a one-liner" form  :(New-Object -Com Shell.Application).Namespace(0xA).Items()| ri -r "Mike Pfeiffer" <MikePfeiffer@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A69F8DD8-F9B8-4AE0-ABF5-4A6D5C27AD0F@xxxxxx Quote: > This should work: > > $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application > $objFolder = $objShell.Namespace(0xA) > $objFSO = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject > > foreach ($item in $objFolder.Items()) { > If ($item.type -eq "File Folder") > { > $objFSO.DeleteFolder($item.path) > } > Else { > $objFSO.DeleteFile($item.path) > } > } > > "Ryan" wrote: > Quote: >> I need to write a simple script that will empty the recycle bin on a >> single >> desktop computer. >> -- >> Ryan >> Denver, CO |
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06-07-2009
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| | Re: empty recycle bin "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <alex(dot) k(dot again)angelopoulos(at)gmail.com> wrote in message news:u5tcnc55JHA.4116@xxxxxx Quote: > One shortcut that can simplify this further is to use Remove-Item; that > reduces it to a 2-line solution: > > $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application > $objShell.Namespace(0xA).Items() | Remove-Item -Recurse > > And in the obligatory "oh yeah, it can be a one-liner" form :> > (New-Object -Com Shell.Application).Namespace(0xA).Items()| ri -r zero-liner solution! Now that would be truly something. Or perhaps nothing. /Al Quote: > "Mike Pfeiffer" <MikePfeiffer@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:A69F8DD8-F9B8-4AE0-ABF5-4A6D5C27AD0F@xxxxxx Quote: >> This should work: >> >> $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application >> $objFolder = $objShell.Namespace(0xA) >> $objFSO = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject >> >> foreach ($item in $objFolder.Items()) { >> If ($item.type -eq "File Folder") >> { >> $objFSO.DeleteFolder($item.path) >> } >> Else { >> $objFSO.DeleteFile($item.path) >> } >> } >> >> "Ryan" wrote: >> Quote: >>> I need to write a simple script that will empty the recycle bin on a >>> single >>> desktop computer. >>> -- >>> Ryan >>> Denver, CO |
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06-15-2009
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| | Re: empty recycle bin "Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:Oxn$9k65JHA.5920@xxxxxx Quote: > > "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <alex(dot) k(dot again)angelopoulos(at)gmail.com> > wrote in message news:u5tcnc55JHA.4116@xxxxxx Quote: >> One shortcut that can simplify this further is to use Remove-Item; that >> reduces it to a 2-line solution: >> >> $objShell = New-Object -Com Shell.Application >> $objShell.Namespace(0xA).Items() | Remove-Item -Recurse >> >> And in the obligatory "oh yeah, it can be a one-liner" form :>> >> (New-Object -Com Shell.Application).Namespace(0xA).Items()| ri -r > One-liner, nothing. I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a > zero-liner solution! Now that would be truly something. Or perhaps > nothing. > to the Windows "garbage collector". ; ) |
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