Prerequisites
Steps to reproduce
> 1..100 | % { New-Item -Type Directory -Force "C:\Temp\repro\$_\$(1..100 -join '\')" | Out-Null }
> Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -ForceExpected behavior
`C:\Temp\repro` is removed
Actual behavior
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1\2\3\4\5\6'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1\2\3\4\5'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1\2\3\4'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1\2\3'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1\2'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1\1'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\1'.
Remove-Item: The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro\10\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9\10\11\12\13\14\15\16\17\18\19\20\21\22\23\24\25\26\27\28\29\30\31\32\33\34\35\36\37\38\39\40\41\42\43\44\45\46\47\48\49\50\51\52\53\54\55\56\57\58\59\60\61'.
... and etc.
Error details
> get-error
Exception :
Type : System.IO.IOException
TargetSite :
Name : RemoveDirectoryInternal
DeclaringType : [System.IO.FileSystem]
MemberType : Method
Module : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
Message : The directory is not empty. : 'C:\Temp\repro'.
Source : System.Private.CoreLib
HResult : -2147024751
StackTrace :
at System.IO.FileSystem.RemoveDirectoryInternal(String fullPath, Boolean topLevel, Boolean allowDirectoryNotEmpty)
at System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Delete()
at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveFileSystemItem(FileSystemInfo fileSystemInfo, Boolean force)
TargetObject : C:\Temp\repro
CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Temp\repro:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
ErrorDetails :
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Remove-Item
ScriptLineNumber : 1
OffsetInLine : 1
HistoryId : 36
Line : Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -Force -ProgressAction Continue
Statement : Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -Force -ProgressAction Continue
PositionMessage : At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -Force -ProgressAction Continue
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
InvocationName : Remove-Item
CommandOrigin : Internal
ScriptStackTrace : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :
0
1Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.6.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.6.2
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.4
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -Force -ProgressAction SilentlyContinue does not help, only $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' works.
Guess this is somewhat dependant on the storage performance / load on the box, manged to repro it only on some machines.
Process Monitor shows GetTotalFiles worker thread scanning the file tree while the pipeline thread tries to SetDispositionInformationFile Delete: True but gets back NOT EMPTY
Prerequisites
Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
`C:\Temp\repro` is removedActual behavior
Error details
Environment data
Remove-Item "C:\Temp\repro" -Recurse -Force -ProgressAction SilentlyContinuedoes not help, only$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'works.Guess this is somewhat dependant on the storage performance / load on the box, manged to repro it only on some machines.
Process Monitor shows
GetTotalFilesworker thread scanning the file tree while the pipeline thread tries toSetDispositionInformationFile Delete: Truebut gets backNOT EMPTY