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Copy the script below into a text file with a .cmd extension. &nbsp;Customize the value of the &quot;root&quot; variable with the desired network share.<br />
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Running the script will list the commands to be executed. &nbsp;Once you are sure it is behaving correctly, remove the ECHO commands from lines 6 and 10.<br />

<pre><code id="code-20823">@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion 
set root=\\server\share 
ECHO del /s &quot;%root%\thumbs.db&quot; 
for /F &quot;tokens=* usebackq&quot; %%G in (`dir &quot;%root%&quot; /A:D /B /S`) do (
 set target=%%G
 if /I [!target:~-8!]==[DS_Store] ECHO rd /Q /S &quot;%%G&quot;
) 
pause
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Copy the script below into a text file with a .cmd extension.  Customize the value of the "root" variable with the desired network share.

Running the script will list the commands to be executed.  Once you are sure it is behaving correctly, remove the ECHO commands from lines 6 and 10.


@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion 
set root=\\server\share 
ECHO del /s "%root%\thumbs.db" 
for /F "tokens=* usebackq" %%G in (`dir "%root%" /A:D /B /S`) do (
 set target=%%G
 if /I [!target:~-8!]==[DS_Store] ECHO rd /Q /S "%%G"
) 
pause


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if you receive any error messages like permission denied then include the below given line in your vbs at the top of the code<br />
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on error resume next
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if you receive any error messages like permission denied then include the below given line in your vbs at the top of the code

on error resume next

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I had to make a couple of changes but yes fantastic
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I had to make a couple of changes but yes fantastic

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I want a script that goes through a given network share and deletes all thumbs.db files and .DS_Store folders.
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I want a script that goes through a given network share and deletes all thumbs.db files and .DS_Store folders.

Script to delete thumbs.db files

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