How to Delete Files and Folders with Visual Basic Script (VBS)

nishantbaxi 2:24 am on May 13, 2010 | Answers: 1    
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• nishantbaxi 2:24 am on May 13, 2010
  

  1.
  Step 1

  Open a plain text editor like Notepad.exe.
  2.
  Step 2

  Copy and paste the text below into your plain text document.

  ‘=================
  On Error Resume Next

  Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8

  Dim fldr1, FileName1, FileName2

  Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”)
  Set fso = CreateObject(”Scripting.FileSystemObject”)

  ‘Set Folder path to be deleted
  ‘This can be replaced by using the command line parameter method described in a later article.
  fldr1 = “C:\goober”

  ‘Set ini file names

  FileName1 = “C:\goober\goober.ini”
  FileName2 = “C:\goober\whataname.INI”

  ‘Call Subs to cleanup
  DeleteFolder (fldr1)
  DeleteFile (FileName1)
  DeleteFile (FileName2)

  Function DeleteFolder(FldrPath)
  If (fso.FolderExists(FldrPath)) then
  fso.DeleteFolder(FldrPath), True
  End If
  End Function

  Function DeleteFile(File)
  If (fso.FileExists(File)) then
  fso.DeleteFile(File), True
  End If
  End Function
  ‘===========================
  3.
  Step 3

  Save your file as somethin.vbs where something is a name of your choosing. I suggest using the 8.3 naming convention from the good old DOS days.
  4.
  Step 4

  Create a folder and files to test the script making sure the folder name and file names match what is in the script.
  5.
  Step 5

  Run CMD from start/run. In explorer, drag the saved script file to the CMD window and hit enter. The files and folder should now be deleted.