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delete a folder using GPP

I am trying to delete a start menu folder using GPP in a computer Group Policy:
"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell"

It does not delete, there is not even an error in event viewer.

deleting single files using GPP from the same policy works fine.......please ideas?

the .xml looks like this:
<Folder clsid="{07DA02F5-F9CD-4397-A550-4AE21B6B4BD3}" name="Windows PowerShell"" status="Windows PowerShell"" image="3" changed="2013-02-01 09:19:02" uid="{9B06B709-8527-40BA-A1E3-D04FFBE6EF6D}" desc="Delete "All Users\Accessories\PowerShell" folder" bypassErrors="1"><Properties action="D" path=""C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell"" deleteFolder="1" deleteSubFolders="1" deleteFiles="1" deleteReadOnly="1" deleteIgnoreErrors="0" readOnly="0" archive="1" hidden="0"/></Folder>

Meir Rivkin

It might be permission issue, try running batch file which deletes the folder and post back
Also u wanna set the log error atttibute in the xml to 1

McKnife

Let me guess: you are using the GPPs from the user policy section? Take the computer policy section instead in order to have the deletion executed with system rights.

Pete

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strangely it is in a computer GPO already. a file delete GPP to a folder one level up works fine.

Joseph Moody

Can you export a report of that GPO and upload it here?

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Pete

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as above