Problem deleting Directory - access denied

Question

I am copying Windows directory from "C:" drive to "E:" drive. When we try to delete this directory from C# application then application throws "Access denied file" exception.
If we try to delete it manually, then it gets deleted successfully.

Ankur Jain · Answer

Hi! have you look at the following thread... http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/296249/Visual-Studio-Access-Denied-Errors

Vulpes · Answer

Actually, I've just had one more thought. The GAC32 and GAC64 directories are, of course, the 'Global Assembly Caches' for 32 and 64 bit .NET applications. These will contain amongst other things the dlls for the .NET framework classes. So I'd guess that the CLR probably locks them when it loads framework dlls into the current process space. If that's the case, you'd get an access denied exception because another process is using the directory. However, deleting them manually wouldn't be a problem because the CLR wouldn't be running at that time.

Vulpes · Answer

I'm out of ideas in that case :( Wait and see if anyone else has a thought on it.

Gangadhar Jadhav · Answer

I have already tried this. But same exception throws by application.

Vulpes · Answer

Ah, that might be the problem - you're not allowed to delete the application's current working directory. Check out the possible exceptions list in this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/62t64db3(v=vs.110).aspx

Gangadhar Jadhav · Answer

My created application delete all files from that Windows directory. Only remaining "assembly" directory and in that directory contain "GAC32 and GAC64" directory. When application delete this directory, then we get "Access denied exception".

Vulpes · Answer

Are you sure that the directory is empty when you attempt to delete it? Possibly there's a hidden or system file in there.

Gangadhar Jadhav · Answer

Yes, I have run it as administrator. It gives permission to delete manually for standard user. But does not allow from C# application.

Vulpes · Answer

Have you tried 'Run as administrator' ?

Problem deleting Directory - access denied

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