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(Hopefully)An Easy Question - 11/30/2005 7:43:30 AM

shaneras

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Hi all,

I am trying to create a simple script that deletes a folder using a system or user variable path. I can't seem to find any good examples searching online of how to do this. My code below returns 'path not found', any ideas how I can delete New Folder from the %tmp% variable path?

Dim fso, Folder2Delete
Folder2Delete = ("%tmp%")+"\New Folder"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFolder(Folder2Delete)
WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%tmp%")

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RE: (Hopefully)An Easy Question - 11/30/2005 8:07:21 AM

ebgreen

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Folder2Delete = WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%tmp%") & "\New Folder"

Make sure that you instantiate the WshShell object before you try to use it:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

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RE: (Hopefully)An Easy Question - 11/30/2005 8:15:11 AM

shaneras

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That did the trick, thanks ebgreen!!!

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RE: (Hopefully)An Easy Question - 12/2/2005 2:28:20 AM

mbouchard

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An alternative way would be to use GetSpecialFolder, see the WSH docs for more info (Win folder and System folder)

Const TemporareyFolder = 2
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
tempFolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporareyFolder)
msgbox tempFolder

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