C delete a folder and all files and folders within that folder

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I m trying to delete a folder and all files and folders within that folder  I m using the code below and I get the error Folder is not empty  any suggestions on what I can do   try     var dir   new DirectoryInfo  FolderPath     dir Attributes   dir Attributes  amp   FileAttributes ReadOnly    dir Delete      dataGridView1 Rows RemoveAt dataGridView1 SelectedRows i  Index     catch  IOException ex      MessageBox Show ex Message

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The Directory Delete method has a recursive boolean parameter  it should do what you need

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Try This       foreach  string files in Directory GetFiles SourcePath        FileInfo fileInfo   new FileInfo files      fileInfo Delete      delete the files first     Directory Delete SourcePath     delete the directory as it is empty now

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Read the Manual   Directory Delete Method  String  Boolean   Directory Delete folderPath  true

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For those of you running into the DirectoryNotFoundException  add this check  if  Directory Exists path   Directory Delete path  true

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public void Empty System IO DirectoryInfo directory        try               logger DebugFormat  Empty directory  0    directory FullName           foreach  System IO FileInfo file in directory GetFiles    file Delete            foreach  System IO DirectoryInfo subDirectory in directory GetDirectories    subDirectory Delete true             catch  Exception ex                ex Data Add  directory   Convert ToString directory FullName  CultureInfo InvariantCulture             throw new Exception string Format CultureInfo InvariantCulture  Method  0    ex TargetSite   ex

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Try this   namespace EraseJunkFiles       class Program               static void Main string   args                        DirectoryInfo yourRootDir   new DirectoryInfo   C  somedirectory                 foreach  DirectoryInfo dir in yourRootDir GetDirectories                        DeleteDirectory dir FullName  true                     public static void DeleteDirectory string directoryName  bool checkDirectiryExist                        if  Directory Exists directoryName                   Directory Delete directoryName  true               else if  checkDirectiryExist                  throw new SystemException  Directory you want to delete is not exist

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Try    System IO Directory Delete path true    This will recursively delete all files and folders underneath  path  assuming you have the permissions to do so

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Err  what about just calling Directory Delete path  true

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You should use   dir Delete true     for recursively deleting the contents of that folder too  See MSDN DirectoryInfo Delete   overloads

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dir Delete true      true   gt  recursive delete

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