Posted On December 3, 2019

PowerShell: Deleting a Single File Safely

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# Name your file
$item="\\FILESHERVER007\someweird folder names with long paths\ fmmkklghhbb-yj-yuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy p-hphlfiles\whatup.exe - Shortcut.lnk" #item could be file or folder

# Move such item into a temp directory, then purge that temp folder
$tempDirectory="c:\tempDirectory"
$emptyDirectory="c:\emptyDirectory"
mkdir $emptyDirectory | out-null
mkdir $emptyDirectory | out-null
$filename=split-path $item -Leaf
$foldername=split-path $item -Parent
robocopy $foldername $tempDirectory $filename /MOVE
robocopy $emptyDirectory $tempDirectory /purge

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