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This commit unifies the way the files are being deleted by introducing
the `DeleteFiles` function. It refactors existing scripts that are
deleting files to use the new function, to improve their documentation
and increase their safety.
Script changes:
- 'Clear Software Reporter Tool logs':
- Rename to: 'Clear Google's "Software Reporter Tool" logs'
- 'Clear credentials in Windows Credential Manager':
- Migrate code to PowerShell, removing the need to delete files.
- Improve error messages and robustness of the implementation.
- 'Clear Nvidia residual telemetry files':
- Extract to two scripts for more granularity and better
documentation:
1. 'Disable Nvidia telemetry components'
2. 'Disable Nvidia telemetry drivers'
- Change the logic so instead of clearing directory contents and
deleting drivers, it conducts a soft delete for reversibility to
prioritize user safety.
- 'Remove OneDrive residual files':
- Improve documentation
- 'Clear primary Windows telemetry file':
- Rename to 'Clear diagnostics tracking logs'.
- Add missing file paths seen on modern versions of Windows.
- Add more documentation.
- 'Clear Windows Update History (`WUAgent`) system logs':
- Rename to 'Clear Windows update files'.
- Add more documentation.
- 'Clear Cryptographic Services diagnostic traces':
- Rename to 'Clear "Cryptographic Services" diagnostic traces'.
- Add more documentation.
Other changes:
- Improve `DeleteGlob`:
- Add iteration callbacks for its reusability.
- Improve its documentation.
- Make recursion optional.
- Improve sanity check (verification) logic for given glob when
granting permissions.
- Fix granting permissions using wrong variable to find out parent
directory.
- Improve `IterateGlob`:
- Use `Get-Item` to get results. This fixes `DeleteDirectory` not
being able to delete directory itself but just its contents.
- Introduce and use `recurse` parameter to provide optional recursive
search logic (to search in subdirectories) using `Get-ChildItem`.
- Fix wrong PowerShell syntax for `$revert` variable value for
`revertCode`: replace `true` with `$true`.
- Order iterated paths based on their length to process the deepest
item first.
- Improve handling of missing files with correct/informative outputs
when granting permissions.
- Improve `SoftDeleteFiles`:
- Introduce and use `recurse` parameter for explicitness.
- Fix undefined `$backupFilePath` by replacing it with correct
`$originalFilePath`.
- Improve documentation.
- Ensure consistent use of instructive language in code comments.
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