VB script to delete folder

Hi,

pls try

Dim fso, bgnFolder, subfolder, certfolder

On Error Resume Next

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
bgnFolder = "c:"


For each subfolder in fso.GetFolder(bgnfolder).SubFolders
   certfolder = subfolder & "\appdata\local"
	
   If fso.FolderExists(certfolder) then
	If fso.GetFolder(certfolder).Files.Count <> 0 then
		fso.DeleteFile(certfolder & "\*"), DeleteReadOnly
	End If
   fso.DeleteFolder certfolder
   End If
Next

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Regards

Hi thanks for the response, but the folders which I am trying to delete is called Mozilla, in some places, and Mozilla Firefox in another. So basically I want the script to look for Mozilla* in c:\program files (x86), C:\Programdata, C:\Users\<username>\appdata\Roaming, and C:\Users\<Username>\local. Since I won't know what users have logged on before, I want the script to search from the root of C for any folder with Mozilla in the name whether it be Mozilla, or Mozilla Firefox. I hope this better explains. Thanks again.

We can really open this up by using WMI, but it will take it some time to complete the query and could possibly led to deletion of an unintended folder.  If you want to look at going down this path, here is some code:

strComputer = "."

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

'Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Directory where Name like '%Mozilla%'")
Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Directory where Name like '%Trash%'")

For Each objFolder In colFolders
	' Verify the folder still exists if we are removing folders
	' as the parent folder may have already been deleted.
	If objFSO.FolderExists(objFolder.Name) Then
		msgbox "Deleting " & objFolder.Name
		' Uncomment the next line to actually delete the folder
		' objFolder.Delete
	End If
Next

msgbox "**** Done ****"

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We can also use the File System object mentioned by Rgonzo and using RegEx to do our matching as we loop through the specific folders.

Dim objFSO, objFolder, objUserFolder, objRegEx

' Use RegEx for Pattern Matching
' Since RegEx is much faster if we just declare it once, use it here 
' to make it more global
Set objRegEx = new RegExp
With objRegEx
	.Global = True
	.IgnoreCase = True
	.pattern = "Mozilla"
End With

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Program Files (x86)") Then	
	Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Program Files (x86)")
	RemoveMozilla(objFolder)
End If

If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\ProgramData") Then	
	Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\ProgramData")
	RemoveMozilla(objFolder)
End If

If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Users") Then	
	For Each objFolder in objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users").SubFolders
		If objFSO.FolderExists(objFolder.Name & "\Appdata\Roaming") Then
			Set objUserFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objFolder.Name & "\Appdata\Roaming")
			RemoveMozilla(objFolder)
		End If
		If objFSO.FolderExists(objFolder.Name & "\local") Then
			Set objUserFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objFolder.Name & "\Appdata\Roaming")
			RemoveMozilla(objFolder)
		End If
	Next
End If
							
Sub RemoveMozilla (ParentFolder)
	Dim objSubFolder	
	For each objSubFolder in ParentFolder.SubFolders
		If objRegEx.Test(objSubFolder.Name) then
			msgbox "Would Remove " & objsubfolder.Path
			' Uncomment to actually Delete
			' objSubFolder.Delete True
		End If
	Next
End Sub

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Sorry for the late response, I finally tried the scripts and none of them deleted the Mozilla folders from appdata\roaming or appdata\local. In each script I made sure to uncomment line objSubFolder.Delete True. Thanks again.

Ok this one worked great. Your objfolder.delete was already uncommented, lol. No biggie, it did what it was supposed to do, thanks. I made one change, since I want this to run silently, I removed the options for the message box popup. Thanks for being patient with me on this.