Remove-ItemBackground

NAME Remove-ItemBackground



SYNOPSIS

Removes an item using a background job





SYNTAX

Remove-ItemBackground [-Path] <String> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Removes an item using a background job. This help in the cases where an antivirus might have a lock on an item.





PARAMETERS

-Path <String>

The path to the item that will be deleted in the background



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\># Removes all the items in a temp directory



Remove-ItemBackground "C:\\TEMP\\TempDir"











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