Wildcards?

[zhughes]

Should be fairly simple.... I basically want to find a specific folder on multiple machines.
Here's what I have so far:

Dim UserName As String = Environment.UserName
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:\Documents and Settings\" & UserName & "\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK###")

The OLK### folder is different on every machine. OLK stays consistant, with the numbers varying.

How can I open this folder using wildcards or something similar?

Thanks!

 

[lsdev]

I'm not to sure how you would implement this but have you considered the possibility that your code could result in an error based on there being a case where two or more files/folder contain similar names?

 

[zhughes]

I'm not worried about multiple folders - if that happens I can figure out some error handling code. I basically want to open a folder begginning with "OLK"

 

[jmcilhinney]

Dim folders As String() = IO.Directory.GetDirectories(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.InternetCache), _
                                                                                "OLK*")

If folders.Length = 0 Then
    MessageBox.Show("There are no Internet cache folders starting with ""OLK"".")
Else
    For Each folder As String In folders
        Process.Start(folder)
    Next folder
End If

It is generally a very bad idea to hard-code paths as you have. There are all sorts of reasons that the path could be invalid, e.g. Windows was not installed on the C: drive or the Windows version uses a different path. As an example of that second condition, your path might be valid on XP but it definitely wouldn't on Vista.

 

[jmcilhinney]

This topic has nothing whatsoever to do with Windows Forms so it doesn't belong in the Windows Forms forum. If you were knitting in a car you wouldn't ask a question about it on an automotive forum. Whether or not yours is a WinForms app, this question is not WinForms-related. Moved.

 

[zhughes]

Ok, thanks for your post!

One more thing on this topic.

How can I find this folder & delete all files in it?

Thanks ahead of time!

 

[jmcilhinney]

I've already shown you how to find the folder. To delete a file you call IO.File.Delete.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Additionally, the IO.Directory class has a GetFiles method that works in essentially the same way as the GetDirectories method.