Hello,

I have some Windows Server 2008 systems that I'm trying to run a powershell script on to delete some temp files, but I keep getting prompted with "Confirm... Y [Yes] [A] Yes to All...... ect"  Is there a way to bypass the Confirm?

Thanks,

Tom

If you are using Remove-Item cmdlet use confirm switch like in below example

Remove-Item .\v.txt -Confirm:$false

Hi Krystian,

I'm using the below command typed directly into PowerShell just for testing purposes.  So, I should just be able to add -Confirm:$false to the end and it should not prompt me to Confirm? 

get-childitem C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles -recurse | where-object { $_.LastAccessTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) } | remove-item -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Thanks,

Tom

Yes, if you set $confirm to false explicitly, it shouldn't prompt you to confirm.

get-childitem C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles -recurse | where-object { $_.LastAccessTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) } | remove-item -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Confirm:$false

Alternatively, you can try -force parameter as well.

get-childitem C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles -recurse | where-object { $_.LastAccessTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) } | remove-item -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force

PS: Test above changes before trying out in production environment.

I just added -Confirm:$false to the end, but when I run the command locally on the server I'm still getting the following:

Confirm

The item at

Microsoft.Powershell.Core\FileSystem::C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1 has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?

[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help

(default is “Y”):

I then tried it with –Force, but I received the same Confirm prompt. 

Yes, it should remove anything older than 14 days.... files or folders / folders and files.

Thanks,

Tom

Do you mind posting your code here for better clarity? I generally delete all temp files in c:\windows\temp with below code. I face no Confirm prompts.

$TempFiles = Get-ChildItem c:\windows\temp -include *.tmp -recurse

$TempFiles | foreach ($_) { remove-item $_.Fullname -force}

Yes, it should remove anything older than 14 days.... files or folders / folders and files.

Thanks,

This has probably already been answered but I was running into the same problem as you and couldn't find an answer.

Maybe if I post it here I will be able to find it the next time I run into it. :-)

I think this will work for you

get-childitem C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles -include *.log  -recurse | where-object { $_.LastAccessTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-14) } | remove-item -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Confirm:$false

replace *.log without ever wildcard you need.

I was executing this

get-childitem  -Recurse  c:\logs\ | where {$_.LastWriteTime -le $now.AddDays(-30)} | del -whatif

and getting the same as you

Confirm

The item at

Microsoft.Powershell.Core\FileSystem::C:\logs\blah has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue, all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?

I replaced it with

get-childitem  -Recurse  c:\logs\ -include *log*| where {$_.LastWriteTime -le $now.AddDays(-30)} | del -whatif

and like magic no more prompts.

• Edited by thisissilly2 Thursday, May 31, 2012 8:41 PM

Hello Folks,

I'm having this issue with the "Confirm" dialog continuously popping up, no matter what combination of parameters I try.  I've been reading this blog and tried using multiple combinations, to no avail.

Here is my command: Get-ChildItem 'c:\builds\testing' -recurse | where {$_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddDays(0)} | del

-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Confirm:$false

If any one can help it would be greatly appreciated.

NOTE:  I also set the $ConfirmPreference = "None"

Thanks In Advance!

Hello Folks,

I was able to solve this probably, with some internal help.

Here is my command I used to suppress the confirm dialog that I was getting:

Get-ChildItem c:\builds\testing -recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddDays(0)} | remove-item -force

-recurse

I hope this will be of some help to someone else that is having the same problem.

Thanks,

Hello,

Does anybody know how can I add exclusions by folder(and all its contents) to this script ?

I have 3-4 folders and their content which I would like to keep!

thanks!

Hi,

You can use the existing where clause to exclude the folders. If you still have questions, you're probably better off starting a new thread, as this one is old and already marked as answered.

Have been there have strugled with that ... but     -comfirm:0  has worked for me . also using  -verbose but that should be a different matter.   you could try $false= 0 , in Your site constant and variable section... 

• Edited by thomas reistad 22 hours 53 minutes ago

Have been there have strugled with that ... but     -comfirm:0  has worked for me . also using  -verbose but that should be a different matter.   you could try $false= 0 , in Your site constant and variable section... 

• Edited by thomas reistad Wednesday, June 03, 2015 8:16 AM