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Can I use PDQ Deploy to delete folders and files of a certain age?

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Michael Faucher

I'd like to create a package that allows me to delete files and folders either by date range (e.g. 1/1/2005- 1/1/2015) or by x# of days (last modified or accessed, doesn't matter) to run when I want, or at a designated time/date.

In every iteration of package I've tried just as a test myself on my local PC (using CMD as the first step- rmdir /s /q/ \servername\dir) I'm met with Failed, error 2. Could simply be syntax, or whatever, but most importantly I'd like to ONLY remove files and folders of a certain age. Anyone ever try this or does it exist natively within PDQ Deploy or PDQ Inventory? Any help or suggestions is appreciated!

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    Callan Johnstone

    Hi Mike, Maybe the following can assist or point you in the right direction The "@(temp)" path is a custom variable I set in PDQ deploy to target C:\Temp on the target machine

    #Define Path
$Path = “@(temp)”

#Get Current Date
$CurrentDate = Get-Date

#Define age '50 days old'
$Daysback = "-50”

#Current date minus specified age
$DatetoDelete = $CurrentDate.AddDays($Daysback)
$FilesToDelete = Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $DatetoDelete } | Remove-Item -Verbose
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    Michael Faucher

    Many thanks! I'll give this a go... Best Mike

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