How To Automatically Delete an Icon or Folder from the Desktop

MORE INFORMATION

Administrators can automate the deletion of files and or folders by adding a line similar to the following in the login script:

   Cscript \\<server>\<share>\RemoveIt.VBS //T:5 //B
				

Where <server> is the name of the server and <share> is the name of the share.

//T:5 Terminates the script after 5 seconds if it is still running.

//B Tells the script to run in non-interactive mode.

Sample Code

Using a text editor, create a VBScript file called RemoveIt.vbs with the following lines:

   '-----------------------------------------------------------------------
   ' For Windows 95 Windows Script Host must be installed.
   ' The following VBScript sample will delete a file called Sample.txt and
   ' a folder called "Sample Folder" from the desktop.
   ' NOTE: To view the results of this script create a file called
   ' "Sample.txt" and a folder called "Sample Folder" on your desktop
   ' before you run the script.
   ' ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Dim WSHShell, DesktopPath
   Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   DesktopPath = WSHShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
   ' ON ERROR RESUME NEXT prevents error messages from appearing.
   ' Useful if the file or folder might have already been removed.
   on error resume next
   Icon = DesktopPath & "\sample.txt"
   Folder = DesktopPath & "\sample folder"
   Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set A = fs.GetFile(Icon)
   A.Delete
   set B = fs.GetFolder(folder)
   B.Delete
   WScript.Quit