Delete a Folder and its Subfolders

A script to delete a folder and its subfolders via a Custom Action. Useful when we want to delete files/folders which have been left behind post uninstall.

Source:

blogs.technet.com

Script:

Dim arrFolders()
intSize = 0
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
strFolderName = "c:\scripts\archive"
Set colSubfolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Associators of {Win32_Directory.Name='" & strFolderName & "'} " _
& "Where AssocClass = Win32_Subdirectory " _
& "ResultRole = PartComponent")
ReDim Preserve arrFolders(intSize)
arrFolders(intSize) = strFolderName
intSize = intSize + 1
For Each objFolder in colSubfolders
GetSubFolders strFolderName
Next
Sub GetSubFolders(strFolderName)
Set colSubfolders2 = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Associators of {Win32_Directory.Name='" & strFolderName & "'} " _
& "Where AssocClass = Win32_Subdirectory " _
& "ResultRole = PartComponent")
For Each objFolder2 in colSubfolders2
strFolderName = objFolder2.Name
ReDim Preserve arrFolders(intSize)
arrFolders(intSize) = strFolderName
intSize = intSize + 1
GetSubFolders strFolderName
Next
End Sub
For i = Ubound(arrFolders) to 0 Step -1
strFolder = arrFolders(i)
strFolder = Replace(strFolder, "\", "\\")
Set colFolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Directory where Name = '" & strFolder & "'")
For Each objFolder in colFolders
objFolder.Delete(true)
Next
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