Public/Remove-ItemBackground.ps1
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<# .Synopsis Removes an item using a background job .Description Removes an item using a background job. This help in the cases where an antivirus might have a lock on an item. .Parameter Path The path to the item that will be deleted in the background .Example # Removes all the items in a temp directory Remove-ItemBackground "C:\TEMP\TempDir" #> Function Remove-ItemBackground() { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True,ConfirmImpact="Medium")] param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,position=0)] [string] $Path ) PROCESS { if ($PSCmdLet.ShouldProcess($Path)) { # Clean up / Workaround for AntiVirus issue - hangs while deleting files Write-Verbose "Attempting to remove item, after 1 minute the job will timeout and you may need to delete $Path directory manually." $rmjob = Start-Job { param($tdir) Remove-Item $tdir -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } -ArgumentList $Path # Set background job options Wait-Job $rmjob -Timeout 60 | Out-Null Stop-Job $rmjob | Out-Null Receive-Job $rmjob | Out-Null Remove-Job $rmjob | Out-Null } } } |