Folder Cleaner

Powershell script that will clean a folder of files that have not been modified over a certain number of days, and remove empty folders

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them

Powershell

Your system will need to be configured to allow PowerShell scripts to be run

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope LocalMachine -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Alternatively, you can code sign the script and tighten up your security from unrestricted

Implementation

Running Manually

The script has built in help text that describes the usage of the script. It can be viewed by using the following command

Get-Help .\FolderCleanup.ps1

Example

Clean out any files in C:\Temp that haven't been written to in over 30 days

.\FolderCleanup.ps1 -path "c:\temp" -age 30

Running as a Scheduled Task

1. Copy the script to a folder on the server (e.g. C:\Scripts)

2. Open up Task Scheduler, and create a new Basic Task

3. Give it a name like "Folder Cleanup"

4. Set the trigger to "Daily" and run at 4:00 am (or whatever meets your requirements)

5. Set the Action to "Start a program"

6. Set the program as "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

7. Set the arguments to the below using a similar format as running it manually. Be sure to pay attention to the double and single quotes

   -command "C:\Scripts\FolderCleanup.ps1 'C:\inetpub\ftproot' -age '7'"