Public/Remove-UnwantedFiles.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Optimizes user profile folders by removing unnecessary files and folders, and renaming certain folders. .DESCRIPTION This function performs several optimizations on a user profile folder: - Removes .ost and Autodiscover.xml files. - Removes the Start Menu folder. - Renames specific folders by removing the "My " prefix. .PARAMETER UserProfilePath The path to the user profile folder. Default is "E:\Profile". .PARAMETER LogPath The path to the log file where messages will be recorded. .EXAMPLE Remove-UnwantedFiles -UserProfilePath "E:\Profile" -LogPath "C:\Logs\ProfileOptimization.log" .EXAMPLE Remove-UnwantedFiles -UserProfilePath "C:\Users\JohnDoe" -LogPath "C:\Logs\ProfileOptimization.log" .EXAMPLE Remove-UnwantedFiles -LogPath "C:\Logs\ProfileOptimization.log" #> function Remove-UnwantedFiles { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string] $UserProfilePath, [string] $LogPath ) function Write-Log { param ( [string] $Message, [string] $LogPath ) Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "$(Get-Date -Format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') - $Message" } # Define source folder path $sourceFolderPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($UserProfilePath, 'AppData\Roaming\Microsoft') # Remove .ost and .xml files if (Test-Path -Path $sourceFolderPath) { # Removing .ost files Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceFolderPath -Filter *.ost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item -Path $_.FullName -Force Write-Log -Message "Removing File : $($_.FullName)" -LogPath $LogPath } # Removing .xml files, including hidden ones Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceFolderPath -Filter *Autodiscover.xml -Hidden -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item -Path $_.FullName -Force Write-Log -Message "Removing File : $($_.FullName)" -LogPath $LogPath } } # Remove the Start Menu folder $startMenuPath = Join-Path -Path $UserProfilePath -ChildPath "Start Menu" if (Test-Path -Path $startMenuPath) { Remove-Item -Path $startMenuPath -Recurse -Force Write-Log -Message "Removing Folder : $startMenuPath" -LogPath $LogPath } # Move and rename specific folders without the "My " prefix $foldersToMove = @("Documents\My Videos", "Documents\My Music", "Documents\My Pictures") foreach ($folder in $foldersToMove) { $fullFolderPath = Join-Path -Path $UserProfilePath -ChildPath $folder if (Test-Path -Path $fullFolderPath) { $destinationFolder = Join-Path -Path $UserProfilePath -ChildPath (Get-Item $fullFolderPath).Name.Replace("My ", "") Move-Item -Path $fullFolderPath -Destination $destinationFolder -Force Write-Log -Message "Moving Folder from $fullFolderPath to $destinationFolder" -LogPath $LogPath } } } |