Problems with Win32_Directory Delete method

Hello-

I'm aware of the post-SP2 changes for the Win32_Directory (or Win32_Subdirectory) Delete
methods (where you can't delete a directory if a subdirectory exists), but still can't
seem to successfully do what I want - which is delete user profiles from remote machines
using WMI & VBScript.

But even when I copy/paste the code in:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sc...05/hey0405.mspx

and run it against a strFolderName like "c:\documents and settings\joeuser", I usually end
up with a (null): 0x80041017 error in the line reading:

For Each objFolder in colSubfolders (or For Each objFolder2 in colSubFolders2)

and the colSubFolders is set to:

Set colSubfolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Associators of {Win32_Directory.Name='" & strFolderName & "'} " _
& "Where AssocClass = Win32_Subdirectory " _
& "ResultRole = PartComponent")


Has anyone found success in using this newer method (enumerating the entire folder tree &
then deleting them from the bottom up)? Or found any problems/better ways to do it?

Thanks,
Brian

"Brian MXP" wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I'm aware of the post-SP2 changes for the Win32_Directory (or Win32_Subdirectory) Delete
> methods (where you can't delete a directory if a subdirectory exists), but still can't
> seem to successfully do what I want - which is delete user profiles from remote machines
> using WMI & VBScript.
>
> But even when I copy/paste the code in:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sc...05/hey0405.mspx
>
> and run it against a strFolderName like "c:\documents and settings\joeuser", I usually end
> up with a (null): 0x80041017 error in the line reading:
>
> For Each objFolder in colSubfolders (or For Each objFolder2 in colSubFolders2)
>
> and the colSubFolders is set to:
>
> Set colSubfolders = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
> ("Associators of {Win32_Directory.Name='" & strFolderName & "'} " _
> & "Where AssocClass = Win32_Subdirectory " _
> & "ResultRole = PartComponent")
>
>
> Has anyone found success in using this newer method (enumerating the entire folder tree &
> then deleting them from the bottom up)? Or found any problems/better ways to do it?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>