Question Deleting a Directory Error

[stulish]

Hi guys,

I have been having a problem deleting a directory, the code i use is:

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory("W:\New One", FileIO.DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents, FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

and the intermediate window shows:

A first chance exception of type 'System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

i then tried:

 IO.Directory.Delete("W:\New One", True)

and it worked YAY, next i wanted to delete a directory inside a directory so i used:

 IO.Directory.Delete("W:\New Folder\New One", True)

But this now throws up:

A first chance exception of type 'System.UnauthorizedAccessException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

and its the same drive with the same permissions and Visual Studio is running in Administrator also??

Any Ideas anyone ????

 

[JohnH]

My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory("W:\New One", FileIO.DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents, FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)

There's no DeleteDirectory method that would allow arguments like that.

But this now throws up: UnauthorizedAccessException

That can also happen if there's a file somewhere in there with ReadOnly attribute set.

 

[stulish]

JohnH,

Thanks i had just found a file in the folder with the RO attrib set as you posted , as soon as i un-ticked it it works fine, i think i need a sleep now