Question

VBScript to find files in folders and subfolders containing a name string and delete

Asked by: naifyboy123

Hi

Need a script to find files containing "corp" in all or part of their name within c: and subfolders (recursive) and the delete them.

I.E:
file name corp.txt; corporate.exe; coporation.doc

in either of the following (as example): c: c:\documents and settings\ c:\windows\system32

etc,etc

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Asked On: 2008-09-01 at 20:47:51ID23694906
Topic: VB Script
Participating Experts: 4
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by: BondinASPPosted on 2008-09-01 at 21:11:14ID: 22364140

Please check given below link

http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/adminscripts/filesfolders/folders/
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/oct04/hey1020.mspx

See you need to get all the file list from method than use string compare method like indexof or String.contain. if you are using higher version of .net.. This will return true or false ..

I hope this will help you .. please let me know if you will face some problem.

by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-01 at 21:18:19ID: 22364162

Thanks but I am not a scripter and dont understand what i am doing with vbs. I came here looking for someone to write the script for me ideally. Unfortunately I do not have the time to go through docs and learn this stuff.
Thanks again

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-01 at 21:30:48ID: 22364199

Hi, you could just use this in a batch file:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s /b C:\temp\corp*') do echo %%a
pause

which would search c:\Temp recursively.

To seach the entire C Drive:

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /s /b C:\corp*') do echo %%a
pause

The above would only echo the found files to screen. If you wanted to delete them replace
echo
with
del /y

Regards,

Rob.

by: BondinASPPosted on 2008-09-01 at 22:01:11ID: 22364270

ok this is your script function
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objStartFolder = "C:\Scripts"

Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)

Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
// Your code to copre file
// If Exist
objFolder .DeleteFile("your filename")
Next

by: merowingerPosted on 2008-09-01 at 23:30:06ID: 22364600

this worked for me!!! Save it into .vbs file!

'On Error Resume Next
 
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
 
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
 
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	
	For Each file In Folder.Files
		Set objCurFile = objFSO.GetFile(file)
		If Instr(ucase(objCurFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then objCurFile.Delete
	Next
	
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-02 at 18:55:17ID: 22373459

Thanks Merowinger

Seems to delete the file(s) but i get the following error.....can i stop this error somehow?

test.vbs(11, 2) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Permission denied

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-02 at 19:09:17ID: 22373519

Try this....it will attempt to force the deletion, and if that fails, it will let you know, then continue.

Run the script at a command prompt with
cscript DeleteFiles.vbs

Regards,

Rob.

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
		If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
			On Error Resume Next
			objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
			If Err.Number <> 0 Then
				WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
				Err.Clear
				On Error GoTo 0
			Else
				On Error GoTo 0
			End If
		End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-02 at 19:15:57ID: 22373549

Hi Rob
that seems to also delete the files but i get this error:

C:\test.vbs(5, 2) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Permission denied

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-02 at 19:23:16ID: 22373574

Hmmm, Ok, perhaps there's an issue deleting files *while* iterating through the folder.

Try this....it will record the files from the entire tree, *then* delete them when it's finished searching.

Regards,

Rob.

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFilesToDelete = ""
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
If InStr(strFilesToDelete, "|") > 0 Then
	arrFiles = Split(strFilesToDelete, "|")
	For Each strFilePath In arrFiles
		On Error Resume Next
		objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
		If Err.Number <> 0 Then
			WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
			Err.Clear
			On Error GoTo 0
		Else
			On Error GoTo 0
		End If
	Next
ElseIf strFilesToDelete <> "" Then
	On Error Resume Next
	objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
		Err.Clear
		On Error GoTo 0
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
	End If
Else
	WScript.Echo "No files were found."
End If
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
		If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
			If strFilesToDelete = "" Then
				strFilesToDelete = objFile.Path
			Else
				strFilesToDelete = strFilesToDelete & "|" & objFile.Path
			End If
		End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-02 at 20:13:52ID: 22373904

Rob

It didnt delete the files and i got the permission again anyway

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-02 at 20:40:54ID: 22373996

Does it tell you what file it couldn't delete? Can you delete that file manually?

Rob.

by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-02 at 20:51:20ID: 22374024

the only error i get after running the script is:

C:\test.vbs(32, 2) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Permission denied

I can delete the file manually.
FYI - i created a text file called corp.txt on c:\

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-02 at 21:01:56ID: 22374048

Odd, see what this gives you....

Rob.

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFilesToDelete = ""
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
If InStr(strFilesToDelete, "|") > 0 Then
	arrFiles = Split(strFilesToDelete, "|")
	For Each strFilePath In arrFiles
		On Error Resume Next
		objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
		If Err.Number <> 0 Then
			WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
			Err.Clear
			On Error GoTo 0
		Else
			On Error GoTo 0
		End If
	Next
ElseIf strFilesToDelete <> "" Then
	On Error Resume Next
	objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
		Err.Clear
		On Error GoTo 0
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
	End If
Else
	WScript.Echo "No files were found."
End If
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	On Error Resume Next
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		MsgBox "Error reading " & Folder.Path
		WScript.Quit
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
		If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
			If strFilesToDelete = "" Then
				strFilesToDelete = objFile.Path
			Else
				strFilesToDelete = strFilesToDelete & "|" & objFile.Path
			End If
		End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-02 at 23:29:03ID: 22374586

Rob

Get the following error:

C:\test.vbs(46, 2) Microsoft VBScript compilation error: Unexpected 'Next'

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-02 at 23:56:19ID: 22374668

Sorry, forgot an
End If

Try now...

Rob.

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFilesToDelete = ""
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
If InStr(strFilesToDelete, "|") > 0 Then
	arrFiles = Split(strFilesToDelete, "|")
	For Each strFilePath In arrFiles
		On Error Resume Next
		objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
		If Err.Number <> 0 Then
			WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
			Err.Clear
			On Error GoTo 0
		Else
			On Error GoTo 0
		End If
	Next
ElseIf strFilesToDelete <> "" Then
	On Error Resume Next
	objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & objFile.Path
		Err.Clear
		On Error GoTo 0
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
	End If
Else
	WScript.Echo "No files were found."
End If
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	On Error Resume Next
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		MsgBox "Error reading " & Folder.Path
		WScript.Quit
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
		If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
			If strFilesToDelete = "" Then
				strFilesToDelete = objFile.Path
			Else
				strFilesToDelete = strFilesToDelete & "|" & objFile.Path
			End If
		End If
	End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: merowingerPosted on 2008-09-03 at 01:22:18ID: 22375001

Please execute the below listed script...and check for each file which is listed if it will be deleted!
The scripts seems fine, i think you have a permissons problem or something similar!

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
 
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
 
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	
	For Each file In Folder.Files
		Set objCurFile = objFSO.GetFile(file)
		WScript.Echo "Current file to check is: " &objCurFile.Path
		If Instr(ucase(objCurFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
			WScript.Echo "Now trying to delete file: " &objCurFile.Path
			objCurFile.Delete, true
		End If
	Next
	
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-03 at 16:20:06ID: 22382964

Rob:
got error reading system volume information and it did not delete the "dorp" file I placed on the root of C:

Merowinger:
got the following error: C:\merotest.vbs(14, 4) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment: 'objCurFile.Delete'

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-03 at 16:39:54ID: 22383041

OK, so the error you got would have been
Error reading C:\System Volume Information
which is the System folder.......

The script will now skip folders that it can't read....

It will only list the files to delete for now. When you want to delete them, just uncomment this line:
'objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True

Regards,

Rob.

If LCase(Right(Wscript.FullName, 11)) = "wscript.exe" Then
    strPath = Wscript.ScriptFullName
    strCommand = "%comspec% /k cscript  """ & strPath & """"
    Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
    objShell.Run(strCommand), 1, True
    Wscript.Quit
End If
 
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFilesToDelete = ""
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
If InStr(strFilesToDelete, "|") > 0 Then
	arrFiles = Split(strFilesToDelete, "|")
	For Each strFilePath In arrFiles
		DeleteFile strFilePath
	Next
ElseIf strFilesToDelete <> "" Then
	DeleteFile strFilesToDelete
Else
	WScript.Echo "No files were found."
End If
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	On Error Resume Next
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
		If Err.Number <> 0 Then
			WScript.Echo "Error reading " & Folder.Path
			Err.Clear
			On Error Resume Next
			Exit For
		Else
			On Error GoTo 0
			If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
				If strFilesToDelete = "" Then
					strFilesToDelete = objFile.Path
				Else
					strFilesToDelete = strFilesToDelete & "|" & objFile.Path
				End If
			End If
		End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub
 
Sub DeleteFile(strFilePath)
	On Error Resume Next
	WScript.Echo "Deleting " & strFilePath
	'objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & strFilePath
		Err.Clear
		On Error GoTo 0
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
	End If
End Sub

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by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-03 at 17:17:17ID: 22383251

thisn we are getting lcoser however. I uncommented the line as mentioned, it listed the files but i got an error message telling me it couldn't delete them.

Message when line is commented out:
Error reading C:\System Volume Information
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\user1\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Program Files\Test Program\corp.txt

Message when line is active (not commented out):

Error reading C:\System Volume Information
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\corp.txt
Could not delete C:\Documents and Settings\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\user1\corp.txt
Could not delete C:\Documents and Settings\user1\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Program Files\Test Program\corp.txt
Could not delete C:\Program Files\Test Program\corp.txt

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-03 at 17:22:51ID: 22383273

Oh whoops! Copy and paste error! Please change this
'objFSO.DeleteFile objFile.Path, True

to this
objFSO.DeleteFile strFilePath, True

(that's line 50 in the code above).

Regards,

Rob.

by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-03 at 20:05:25ID: 22384056

Works a treat Rob Thanks!!!!!!!
Any chance I can ask one last thing?
I would like a textfile to be depositied on the C: of the computer containing a log of what was deleted.
I.E the :

Error reading C:\System Volume Information
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\user1\corp.txt
Deleting C:\Program Files\Test Program\corp.txt

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-03 at 20:11:59ID: 22384067

Sure, try this.

Regards,

Rob.

If LCase(Right(Wscript.FullName, 11)) = "wscript.exe" Then
    strPath = Wscript.ScriptFullName
    strCommand = "%comspec% /k cscript  """ & strPath & """"
    Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
    objShell.Run(strCommand), 1, True
    Wscript.Quit
End If
 
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strLog = "Files deleted on " & objNetwork.ComputerName & " at " & Now & VbCrLf & "===================================================="
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFilesToDelete = ""
ShowSubFolders objFSO.GetFolder("C:\")
If InStr(strFilesToDelete, "|") > 0 Then
	arrFiles = Split(strFilesToDelete, "|")
	For Each strFilePath In arrFiles
		DeleteFile strFilePath
	Next
ElseIf strFilesToDelete <> "" Then
	DeleteFile strFilesToDelete
Else
	WScript.Echo "No files were found."
	strLog = strLog & VbCrLf & "No files were found."
End If
 
Set objLogFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\FileDeletionLog.log", True)
objLogFile.Write strLog
objLogFile.Close
Set objLogFile = Nothing
 
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	On Error Resume Next
	For Each objFile In Folder.Files
		If Err.Number <> 0 Then
			WScript.Echo "Error reading " & Folder.Path
			strLog = strLog & VbCrLf & "Error reading " & Folder.Path
			Err.Clear
			On Error Resume Next
			Exit For
		Else
			On Error GoTo 0
			If Instr(UCase(objFile.Name), UCase("corp")) Then
				If strFilesToDelete = "" Then
					strFilesToDelete = objFile.Path
				Else
					strFilesToDelete = strFilesToDelete & "|" & objFile.Path
				End If
			End If
		End If
	Next
    For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
        ShowSubFolders Subfolder
    Next
End Sub
 
Sub DeleteFile(strFilePath)
	On Error Resume Next
	WScript.Echo "Deleting " & strFilePath
	objFSO.DeleteFile strFilePath, True
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		WScript.Echo "Could not delete " & strFilePath
		strLog = strLog & VbCrLf & "Could not delete " & strFilePath
		Err.Clear
		On Error GoTo 0
	Else
		On Error GoTo 0
		strLog = strLog & VbCrLf & "Successfully deleted " & strFilePath
	End If
End Sub

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by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-03 at 20:12:20ID: 22384068

That should create
C:\FileDeletionLog.log

Regards,

Rob.

by: naifyboy123Posted on 2008-09-03 at 20:46:02ID: 31492227

marvellous - thanks very much

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-09-03 at 20:49:18ID: 22384172

No problem. Thanks for the grade.

Regards,

Rob.

by: McCoyITPosted on 2008-11-25 at 12:12:17ID: 23037387

can you help me modify this script to execute against several computers on the network?

20120131-EE-VQP-002

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