FileSystemObject.DeleteFolder()

JScript3.0+syntax

							filesystemobject.DeleteFolder(foldername, force)

Description

The DeleteFolder() method is used to remove an existing folder and all its contents. This method takes two parameters. The first parameter, foldername, is a string specifying the name of the folder to delete, while force is a Boolean value indicating whether a file that has read only permissions can be deleted.

Example

Listing 9.76 shows how the DeleteFolder() method is used. An instance of the FileSystemObject is created, which uses the DeleteFolder() method to remove the folder newtmp.

Listing 9.76 Example of DeleteFolder()
 <html> <body> <script language="JScript"> <!-- Hide // function deletes the folder "newtmp" function ...

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