Delete Folders Based on Folder Name - Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello,
We have a windows server 2008 server. We have a share with a lot of folders. The subfolders inside these folders are labeled by date (ex 1-1-2015). Is there a way to run a script that will delete the folders based on their date? I know Windows sees is as a text name and not date. So, to me it sounds very complex. But please let me know how I can do this if possible. If not, is there a way to delete the subfolders (and its contents) by creation date?
Thank You!
EzraS
We have a windows server 2008 server. We have a share with a lot of folders. The subfolders inside these folders are labeled by date (ex 1-1-2015). Is there a way to run a script that will delete the folders based on their date? I know Windows sees is as a text name and not date. So, to me it sounds very complex. But please let me know how I can do this if possible. If not, is there a way to delete the subfolders (and its contents) by creation date?
Thank You!
EzraS
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Also, I tried running two scripts (one to delete by folders and the second by files. The one by folders did not work for me, which is "forfiles -p "C:\Users\guest\Downloads"
It doesn't really matter which scripting method I use as long as it works.
Thanks Again!
It doesn't really matter which scripting method I use as long as it works.
Thanks Again!
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Thanks for the response. I ran the script (I changed the path to search and olddays to my needs). But when I ran it, it said "Delete.vbs(1, 1) Microsoft VBScript compilation error: Expected statement". What does this mean? I really don't know anything about scripting. My knowledge of scripting is as far as mapping network drives via login scripts.
Thanks!