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PowerShell cmdlet for removing attachments from *.msg files
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function Remove-MsgAttachment | |
{ | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param | |
( | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName="Path", Position=0, Mandatory=$True)] | |
[String]$Path, | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName="LiteralPath", Mandatory=$True)] | |
[String]$LiteralPath, | |
[Parameter(ParameterSetName="FileInfo", Mandatory=$True, ValueFromPipeline=$True)] | |
[System.IO.FileInfo]$Item | |
) | |
Begin | |
{ | |
# OlInspectorClose constants | |
$olSave = 0 | |
$olDiscard = 1 | |
$olPromptForSave = 2 | |
# OlSaveAsType constants | |
$olTXT = 0 | |
$olRTF = 1 | |
$olTemplate = 2 | |
$olMSG = 3 | |
$olDoc = 4 | |
# Load application | |
Write-Verbose "Loading Microsoft Outlook..." | |
$outlook = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application | |
} | |
Process | |
{ | |
switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) | |
{ | |
"Path" { $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path } | |
"LiteralPath" { $files = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $LiteralPath } | |
"FileInfo" { $files = $Item } | |
} | |
$files | % { | |
# Work out file names | |
$msgFn = $_.FullName | |
# Skip non-.msg files | |
if ($msgFn -notlike "*.msg") { | |
Write-Verbose "Skipping $_ (not an .msg file)..." | |
return | |
} | |
# Open the msg file | |
$msg = $outlook.Session.OpenSharedItem($msgFn) | |
# Do not touch files without attachments | |
if ($msg.Attachments.Count -eq 0) { | |
Write-Verbose "Skipping $_ (has no attachments)..." | |
$msg.Close($olDiscard) | |
return | |
} | |
# Clone message | |
$msgCopy = $msg.Copy() | |
$msg.Close($olDiscard) | |
# Remove attachments from message | |
Write-Verbose "Removing attachments from $_..." | |
while ($msgCopy.Attachments.Count -gt 0) { | |
$msgCopy.Attachments.Remove(1) | |
} | |
# Save message | |
$msgCopy.SaveAs($msgFn, $olMSG) | |
} | |
} | |
End | |
{ | |
Write-Verbose "Done." | |
} | |
} |
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