Downloads Sitecore web folder (or subfolder) in a zip archive and then cleans up after itself, leaving no traces of download.

Download-SitecoreWebFolder.ps1

# Define the path to the Sitecore bin directory
$folderName = "App_Config";
$websiteName = "you_site_name"

$binPath = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\$websiteName\$folderName"

# Define the destination for the temporary zip file
$zipFilePath = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\$websiteName\temp\$folderName.zip"

# Define exclusions
$excludedDirectories = @('C:\inetpub\wwwroot\$websiteName\App_Data', 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\$websiteName\temp') # Example directory to exclude
$excludedExtensions = @('.pdb', '.txt') # Example extensions to exclude

# Ensure the output directory exists
$zipFileDir = Split-Path -Path $zipFilePath -Parent
if (-Not (Test-Path $zipFileDir)) {
    New-Item -Path $zipFileDir -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
}

# Check if zip file already exists and delete if it does
if (Test-Path $zipFilePath) {
    Remove-Item $zipFilePath -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create an empty temporary directory for storing files to be zipped
$tempDir = Join-Path $zipFileDir "tempForZip"
if (Test-Path $tempDir) {
    Remove-Item $tempDir -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
}
New-Item -Path $tempDir -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null

# Copy files to the temporary directory, excluding specified paths and extensions
Get-ChildItem -Path $binPath -Recurse | Where-Object {
    $include = $true

    # Check for directory exclusions
    foreach ($dir in $excludedDirectories) {
        if ($_.FullName.StartsWith($dir)) {
            $include = $false
            break
        }
    }

    # Check for file extensions exclusions
    if ($include -and $_.PSIsContainer -eq $false) {
        foreach ($ext in $excludedExtensions) {
            if ($_.Extension -eq $ext) {
                $include = $false
                break
            }
        }
    }

    $include
} | ForEach-Object {
    $destination = $_.FullName.Replace($binPath, $tempDir)
    if ($_.PSIsContainer) {
        New-Item -Path $destination -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
    } else {
        Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $destination | Out-Null
    }
}

# Create a zip archive of the temporary directory
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($tempDir, $zipFilePath)

# Trigger the download of the zip file
Get-Item $zipFilePath | Out-Download | Out-Null

# Cleanup the temporary folder after use
Remove-Item $tempDir -Recurse -Force | Out-Null

Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 600

# Clean downloaded zip after use
if (Test-Path $zipFilePath) {
    Remove-Item $zipFilePath -Force | Out-Null
}