How to recursively delete an entire directory with PowerShell 2.0?

Question

What is the simplest way to forcefully delete a directory and all its subdirectories in PowerShell? I am using PowerShell V2 in Windows 7.

I have learned from severa

Answer 1

To delete the complete contents including the folder structure use

get-childitem $dest -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname -recurse}

The -recurse added to remove-item ensures interactive prompts are disabled.