A quick powershell function to use Robocopy to delete a full directory.
Deleting folders using Robocopy is a quicker, more robust method of deleting directories. It can also deal with the ‘path too long’ issue encountered by File Explorer’s directory deletion.
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| function RoboDelete{ | |
| param ( | |
| $Path | |
| ) | |
| ##– generate a randomly named folder –## | |
| $randomString = -join ((48..57) + (97..122) | Get-Random -Count 32 | % {[char]$_}) | |
| ##– make the empty directory –## | |
| New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $randomString -Verbose | |
| $emptyDirectory = Get-Item -Path $randomString -Force -Verbose | |
| $emptyDirectory.Attributes = 'Hidden' | |
| ##– robocopy delete the directory –## | |
| Robocopy.exe $randomString $Path /MIR /MT:128 | |
| ##– delete the empty directory –## | |
| Remove-Item -Path $randomString -Force -Verbose -Recurse | |
| ##– delete the now empty directory we were deleting –## | |
| Remove-Item -Path $Path -Force -Verbose -Recurse | |
| } |
Usage
RoboDelete -Path <path-to-folder>
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