How to Remove Empty Folders/Directories recursively with PowerShell As part of System Admin, you will have control of more servers and there may be hundreds of empty folders as junk files which may take up your hard disk. While the junk files occupy disk and it became more Junk in the se...
Find AD users with blank (empty or null) DisplayName Find all files within a folder that has been modified in X Days find all users start menu "startup" folder find and remove similar file Find and replace a string in the registry Find and Replace special characters text in file Find an...
This script still leaves empty folders even when there are no files in them. I basically only need to preserve folder directory structures that have no files in them. If the folder is empty and has no files in them, then the folder needs to be deleted (even if it is a subdirectory). ...
For example, to get non-system files (not directories) that are encrypted or compressed, type: Get-ChildItem -Attributes !Directory+!System+Encrypted, !Directory+!System+Compressed To find files and folders with commonly used attributes, use the Attributes parameter. Or, the parameters Directory, ...
Here is PowerShell script sample. (20.10.2021) - It search all*_dir.vpkfiles from 1st subfolders (not deeper) - Using those VPK files intovpk.exeprogram to "dump" list of files inside VPK - Collecting all file directories from dump list and create empty folders into\hl2folder, mimic dir...
Find and manage functions using theFunction:drive All the functions and filters in PowerShell are automatically stored in theFunction:drive. This drive is exposed by the PowerShellFunctionprovider. When referring to theFunction:drive, type a colon afterFunction, just as you would do when referencin...
Use the construct @() if you’d like to force a command to always return its result in an array. This way the command will always return an array, even if the command returns only one result or none at all. This way you find out the number of files in a folder: ...
I love that lots of other users find my package helpful. I really appreciated if you report issues or suggest new feature. However, I don't use this package myself anymore, and I don't have the time to maintain it appropriately. So please don't expect me to fix any bugs. Any Pull...
You can find the syntax for the FileSystem filter language in about_Wildcards. Filters are more efficient than other parameters, because the provider applies them when the cmdlet gets the objects rather than having PowerShell filter the objects after they're retrieved. Expand table Type: String...
Find more tips in the Windows PowerShell Tip of the Week archive. Working with Security Descriptors For many people, security descriptors have always represented the Holy Grail of system administration scripting: shrouded in mystery and mythology, security descriptors are the one thing that everyone ...