sum #Good old Dir, recursively (( cmd / c dir $home / -C / S / A:-D-L ) -split '\s+' ) #RoboCopy in list only mode: ( robocopy. # Exluce folder: If (($subItems -eq $null) -and (-Not($path.#Use erroraction silentlycontinue to ignore access denied errors (` Get-ChildItem ` $home -Recurse -force -erroraction Silentl圜ontinue | Measure-Object length -Sum ). # If there are no items, then we can delete the folder $subItems = Get-ChildItem -Force:$getHiddelFiles -LiteralPath $path Depending on removeHiddenFiles settingįoreach ($subFolder in Get-ChildItem -Force -Literal $path -Directory)ĭelete-EmptyFolder -path $subFolder.FullName The script will then ignore the hidden files and remove the folder including the hidden files with it. So to remove those empty folders as well you can set removeHiddenFiles to $true. These folders appear to be empty, even with show hidden files in Explorer, you don’t see the Thumbs.db. Windows makes a hidden file, Thumbs.db, in folders with images in it.
If you want to test the script first, which I really recommend doing, then you can set the variable $whatif to $true. Remove Empty Directories with PowerShellīelow you will find the script to remove empty directories with PowerShell.
I have also tested the PowerShell and RoboCopy script against a directory with 11.000 empty subdirectories to see which option is the fastest. It’s always a good idea to list the empty directories first, so I added the option in both scripts.īelow an example for both scripts. With the use of PowerShell or RoboCopy, both included in Windows 10, we can delete all empty folders and subfolders. There is really no need to install any program to clean up the empty directories on your computer or server. Removing empty directories in Windows 10 is really simple with a small PowerShell script or RoboCopy cmd.
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