Quickly delete large folders with PS

i have script right goes through , deletes list of directories (old users home directories).  fine , here code sample:

get-content $usersfile | foreach-object {      $pathcheck = test-path "$basepath\$_"      if ($pathcheck -eq $false){          write-host "'$basepath\$_' not found"          logwrite "'$basepath\$_' not found"      } else {          remove-item "$basepath\$_" -recurse -force -verbose          write-host "$scriptcontext has removed '$basepath\$_'"          logwrite "$scriptcontext has removed '$basepath\$_'"      }  }

can see i'm using "remove-item <path> -recurse -force -verbose" delete targeted folder , of it's contents.  while working, seems take longer delete single large folder if right-click on large folder , delete permanently.  there faster way delete directory , of contents?

when "large" folders, how large large?

maybe adding in progress indicator enough:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.03.powershell.aspx?pr=blog

https://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/01/29/add-a-progress-bar-to-your-powershell-script.aspx?redirected=true

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i guess @ companies it's better tell task take 30 minutes , show them progress, instead of getting task take 5 minutes.  don't see solution however.

ed wilson in awesomness (it's word), wrote article able find on different deletion methods here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/02/22/the-best-way-to-use-powershell-to-delete-folders.aspx

i combined measure-command see of 3 methods more effective against a sample 3gb folder on network variety of file types , sub-folders.  here script:

cls write-host "method 1: use native cmdlets" measure-command {remove-item -path "\\<server>\home$\deltest1" -recurse -force}  write-host "method 2: filesystemobject still works" $fso = new-object -comobject scripting.filesystemobject measure-command {$fso.deletefolder("\\<server>\home$\deltest2",$true)}  write-host "method 3: use .net classes" measure-command {dir "\\<server>\home$\deltest3*" | foreach { [io.directory]::delete($_.fullname,$true) }}

and output:

days              : 0 hours             : 0 minutes           : 2 seconds           : 40 milliseconds      : 206 ticks             : 1602064644 totaldays         : 0.00185424148611111 totalhours        : 0.0445017956666667 totalminutes      : 2.67010774 totalseconds      : 160.2064644 totalmilliseconds : 160206.4644  method 2: filesystemobject still works days              : 0 hours             : 0 minutes           : 1 seconds           : 43 milliseconds      : 827 ticks             : 1038275004 totaldays         : 0.00120170718055556 totalhours        : 0.0288409723333333 totalminutes      : 1.73045834 totalseconds      : 103.8275004 totalmilliseconds : 103827.5004  method 3: use .net classes  days              : 0 hours             : 0 minutes           : 1 seconds           : 46 milliseconds      : 254 ticks             : 1062543372 totaldays         : 0.00122979556944444 totalhours        : 0.0295150936666667 totalminutes      : 1.77090562 totalseconds      : 106.2543372 totalmilliseconds : 106254.3372

can see, specific case, method 2 using file systemobject fastest.  i'll re-running several times see if can build trend, think sufficient identify method fastest.

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