Direstory.delete problem!!!

nejiba taher

17y3.6k

Hello every body :)

My problem is that I used a class to uninstall the application with a setup project, but after uninstall, the tool is completely uninstalled but the application folder is not completely removed, some DLLs still in the folder.
It seems that directory.delete() doesn't remove these files, but it doesn't generate any exception and the uninstall is successfully terminated.

I need ur help and ur suggestions.

Thanks in advance :)

Remarque: i didn't have this problem in an other PC, the application folder is completely removed!! I can't find the problem :(

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Abhi Joz17y ago
Where in the code or any other place should we apply this???... string path = @"C:\my_folder_to_delete"; System.IO.Directory.Delete(path, true); for the application directory to get deleted after uninstall.
Kirtan Patel17y ago
It may be happen becase of security permission of the computer or

DLL files that are in Application Forlder may be in Process
Pedro Barbas17y ago
Hi,
Try this:
string path = @"C:\my_folder_to_delete";
System.IO.Directory.Delete(path, true);

Passing "true" as the second parameter tells the method to delete files & folders recursively. Hence this will delete all files and subfolders from the "my_folder_to_delete" directory and then delete the actual directory itself.

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