How to auto-delete files and folders after 30 days

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January 13, 2010 at 5:44 am #2198663

How to auto-delete files and folders after 30 days

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by phoayewhiong · about 13 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

I have a Windows Server 2008. I got a situation here. I have a shared folder at D:\SANA\Shared. I would like to delete any files/folders that is 30 days or older. Is there any script out there? Or is there any tool in Win Server 2008?

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- January 13, 2010 at 6:12 am #3021856
  
  you might want to try this
  
  by pamarths · about 13 years, 2 months ago
  
  In reply to How to auto-delete files and folders after 30 days
  
  How to delete files older than certain Days
  
  You might want to try this way
  Forfiles -p”D:\SANA” -s -m*.* -d -30 -c”Cmd /C del @FILE”
  
  Test it thoroughly before you implement
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