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I am running the following code: 

DirRemove("C:\Desktop\Install.zip",1)

I don't receive an error but the folder is not deleted. If i run this same script on a non zipped folder it works fine. Does DirRemove not work for zipped files? If not is there a way to delete them?

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Zip FILES are not directories, maybe that would be the first hint you should have gotten from your own description.

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2 minutes ago, BrewManNH said:

Zip FILES are not directories, maybe that would be the first hint you should have gotten from your own description.

I meant a zipped folder

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Still a zip file, try FileDelete instead. Just because Windows Explorer can navigate into it like a folder doesn't change the fact that it's still just a single file.

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4 minutes ago, BrewManNH said:

Still a zip file, try FileDelete instead. Just because Windows Explorer can navigate into it like a folder doesn't change the fact that it's still just a single file.

That worked. Thanks a lot

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