# Incident:
The System Volume Information has been copied over to an SMB share, where such destination would have no use of the extra metadata. Deleting that special directory requires mucho badabing badabang as shown herein!
# Problem:
PS C:\temp> rm -force $folderToDelete\*
rm : Cannot remove item \\FILESHERVER007\SHARE999\System Volume Information\
Information\{099d1ec4-2ba1-11ea-93f4-0026b9f8f878}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}: Access to the path is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ rm -force $folderToDelete\*
# Solution:
$folderToDelete="\\FILESHERVER007\SHARE999\System Volume Information"
function seizeOwnership {
param(
[String]$folder
)
# Take Ownership of the folder
takeown.exe /A /F $folder
# Grant other Administrators access to such folder
$CurrentACL = Get-Acl $folder
$systemACLPermission = "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM","FullControl","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow"
$SystemAccessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $SystemACLPermission
$CurrentACL.AddAccessRule($SystemAccessRule)
write-host "NT Authority\SYSTEM is added" -Fore Yellow
$localAdminACLPermission = "$env:computername\Administrators","FullControl","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow"
$SystemAccessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $localAdminACLPermission
$CurrentACL.AddAccessRule($SystemAccessRule)
write-host "$env:computername\Administrators added" -Fore Yellow
$domainAdminACLPermission = "$env:USERDNSDOMAIN\Domain Admins","FullControl","ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit","None","Allow"
$SystemAccessRule = new-object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule $domainAdminACLPermission
$CurrentACL.AddAccessRule($SystemAccessRule)
write-host "Domain Admins are added" -Fore Yellow
Set-Acl -Path $folder -AclObject $CurrentACL
}
$filesToDelete=gci $folderToDelete -force
seizeOwnership -folder $folderToDelete
$x=gi $folderToDelete -force
$x.Attributes=''
$emptyDirectory="C:\emptyFolder"
mkdir $emptyDirectory
rm -force $emptyDirectory\*
robocopy $emptyDirectory $folderToDelete /purge
rm -force $folderToDelete
# Result
PS C:\temp> robocopy $emptyDirectory $folderToDelete /purge
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Started : Sunday, January 5, 2020 1:50:58 AM
Source : C:\emptyFolder\
Dest : \\FILESHERVER007\SHARE999\System Volume Information\
Files : *.*
Options : *.* /DCOPY:DA /COPY:DAT /PURGE /R:1000000 /W:30
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 1 0 1 0 0 0
Files : 0 0 0 0 0 41
Bytes : 0 0 0 0 0 4.691 g
Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00
Ended : Sunday, January 5, 2020 1:50:59 AM
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