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Some options for you...<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20912792/VBScript-FileExists-with-wildcard.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20912792/VBScript-FileExists-with-wildcard.html</a>
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A wmi method 'may' also work, but I'd test it first...<br />
Something like the code below.<br />
If it works, we can easily perform a loop of all PCs to repeat the process and initiate a delete instead of just displaying it...<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-120224"><span>strComputer = &quot;.&quot;</span>
<span>Set objWMIService = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)</span>
<span> </span>
<span>Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery _</span>
<span>    (&quot;Select * From CIM_DataFile Where FileName LIKE '%vnc%'&quot;)</span>
<span> </span>
<span>For Each objFile in colFiles</span>
<span>    Wscript.Echo objFile.Name</span>
<span>Next</span>
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Understand though, that this could take a 'long' time...personally, I wouldn't use vbscript for this...<br />
I'd use a batch file and deploy the file to each machine as a scheduled task running under system credentials...<br />
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for /f &quot;delims=&quot; %%a in ('dir \*vnc* /s /b') do erase &quot;%%a&quot;<br />
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of course, that's a VERY dangerous command to issue on a client if you haven't reported what files are *vnc*...what if someone has an important business document called<br />
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NovNC_Report.xls<br />
<br />
It'll be gone if you issue any of these commands/scripts.<br />
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Why not produce a report that runs innocuously on all machines and compiles the running report on a open share somewhere. &nbsp;Then just iterate through that report deleting the files remotely, once they've been verified:<br />
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\\John-PC\C$\data\file-vnc<wbr />-.exe<br />
etc...<br />
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that'd be easy enough to loop through, although your 'scan' method would need to replace : for $ in the drive designator, and include the computer name with a preceeding \\<br />

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-120241"><span>Dim objWMI, colFiles</span>
<span>Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject(&quot;Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot;)</span>
<span>Dim colPCs : colPCs = Array(objFSO.OpenTextFile(&quot;C:\Computers.txt&quot;).ReadAll)</span>
<span>For each strComputer in colPCs</span>
<span>  Set objWMI = GetObject(&quot;winmgmts:\\&quot; &amp; strComputer &amp; &quot;\root\cimv2&quot;)</span>
<span>  Set colFiles = objWMIService.ExecQuery (&quot;Select * From CIM_DataFile Where FileName LIKE '%vnc%'&quot;)</span>
<span>  For Each objFile in colFiles</span>
<span>    Wscript.Echo objFile.Name</span>
<span>  Next</span>
<span>Next</span>
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Ok, based on that.<br />
I can build a list of all vnc file that I want to delete and also a folder. So it is possible to delete the folder that I'm sure it is safe to delete and for the file read a text file that contains all known file that needs to be delete?
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Sure - less intensive that way. &nbsp;But you still wouldn't want to use cim_datafile...too lengthy.<br />
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So would your collection be something like:<br />
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c:\folder\folder\vncfolder<wbr /><br />
followed by a list of files and their locations?<br />
c:\folder\subfolder\somevn<wbr />c.exe<br />
c:\folder2\subfolder\anoth<wbr />ervnc.txt<br />
etc...
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Sorry, I'm not sure to understand properly that part.<br />
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I know for sure that I can delete c:\program files\UltraVNC and all it's content.<br />
But for the other, I know only the filename and not the location.<br />
For example, some users may have installed a none authorize version of VNC and not nécessarely in program files. So our direction is asking me to cleanup all vnc version on all computer and install only the std autorized remote tool. I have a package to deploy that version which will be deploy via SMS. But for the cleanup it is a bit more complicated. That is why I need to delete all vnc file.<br />
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I can find, stop and delete the vnc services, I know the vnc filenames and only one location for sure.
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Then for the folder, whether appended to or setup as a separate sub, use something like this:<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-121532"><span>Set VNCFolder = obFSO.GetFolder (Folder)</span>
<span>VNCFolder.Delete</span>
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Hi experts,<br />
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I need a VBScript to delete all files that contains *vnc* on multiple machine. I know how to do it for a single file but I can't find how to do it using wild card and on the entire drive.(recursing folders and sub folders)<br />
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Thank you
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Hi experts,

I need a VBScript to delete all files that contains *vnc* on multiple machine. I know how to do it for a single file but I can't find how to do it using wild card and on the entire drive.(recursing folders and sub folders)

Thank you

How to delete all files using wild card on remote machine??

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