How to write old VB Commands in Powershell - powershell

Question

I want to write some old VB into PS, however there are some old DOS commands here that I am struggling to write into powershell. For instance, I want to delete files from an Archive, and the way its written in VB is:
command=(%comspec% /C DEL C:\\MyFile.txt",0,True)
If result <> 0 then
txtFile.writeline "ERROR"
txtFile.writeline "File does not exist.."
result = 0
Else
txtFile.writeline "Success"
End if
In Powershell, The /C DEL is the line I'm having trouble writing. How would I write this command in powershell or would I just ignore it completely and just carry on with my IF statement?
Thanks,

Answer 1

In powershell, just use Remove-Item. This mimics your VB pretty well:
try {
Remove-Item 'C:\MyFile.txt' -Force -ErrorAction 'Stop'
Write-Host 'Success'
} catch [System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException] {
Write-Host 'ERROR'
Write-Host 'File does not exist..'
}
Of course, there's a dozen ways this cat can be skinned:
if (Test-Path 'C:\MyFile.txt') {
Remove-Item 'C:\MyFile.txt' -Force
Write-Host 'Success'
} else {
Write-Host 'ERROR'
Write-Host 'File does not exist..'
}
There's definitely more options out there ...