Howto get rid of *.onetoc2 files using Powershell
September 1st, 2009 . by Daniel HölblingToday I did one small mistake when trying to open a command-line window on my source folder: Instead of hitting “Open command window here” I accidentally clicked “Open as OneNote notebook”.
Quite innocently, OneNote opened, I closed it. Everything was fine. Until I did a hg status:
? lib\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\castle\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\elmah\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\extensions\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\extensions\common\2.0\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\extensions\common\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\common\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\common\neutral\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\mono\1.0\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\mono\2.0\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\mono\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\net\1.0\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\net\1.1\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\net\2.0\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\lib\net\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\nant\schema\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\sqllite\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
? lib\xunit\OneNote Inhaltsverzeichnis.onetoc2
Oh snap! OneNote just placed a table of contents file in every subdirectory of my lib folder! And, best of all, despite the setting “show all hidden” I couldn’t see those files through my explorer.
Also, a del /s *.onetoc2 did not remove the files.
Google to the rescue, I’m not the first to make that mistake, and Richard Siddaway also posted a way how to remove those using Powershell:
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.onetoc2" -Force -Recurse | Remove-Item –Force
I’m quite shocked. I’ve been using the regular windows command line for quite some time now, and I have to say: Microsoft really has something going here with Powershell. It works really nice, and once you get a hang of the syntax it is really cool to work with.
del *.onetoc2 /s /ahs
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?
Can someone tell me how to disable onenote from creating these files in the first place?