Trying to Delete C:\Users\appdata\local\Temp\*.*

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I am trying to Delete C:\Users\Username\appdata\local\Temp*.*.

The following only works for my account. I am building the script so this is only testing. I get a listing for my profile and a failure for the Public profile because the directory doesn’t exist. But I don’t get squat for any other profiles. This is on a Windows 10 computer but I would like it to work on Windows 7 also.

Get-ChildItem "C:\Users" | ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem (Set-Location "C:\Users\$($_.name)\appdata\local\temp")}
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This is a security issue, not a PowerShell issue per say. By default, a users profile only has the following permissions:

SYSTEM
(owning user)
Administrators

Now the local Administrators group is a well-known protected group, so if you’re UAC is enabled, then you will not have that permission and thus access will be denied. Test your script with administrator access (right-click run as administrator) to confirm, or look at the path permissions to validate.

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Of course it does not exist. The PUBLIC profile does not have an AppData folder. Simply explude the PUBLIC directory like this:

Get-ChildItem ‘C:\Users’ -Exclude ‘PUBLIC’ |

ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem (Set-Location “C:\Users$($_.name)\appdata\local\temp”)}

4

Justin,
the folders marked as system or hidden will be listed only with the parameter -Force anyway. So that does not matter in this case. :wink: