I would like to know how to delete all files and folders under a certain directory. For example if I wanted to delete all files and folders in C:est how would I do that?
View 6 RepliesI Know how to delete files permanently like this
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here is the code i use for adding folders to the treenode. it works great but i want a delete button for deleting both files and folders... and how can i make the treenode auto refreshing. or refreshing when exiting another form...
Private Sub PopulateTreeView(ByVal dir As String, ByVal parentNode As TreeNode)
Dim folder As String = String.Empty
Try
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I can't figure out how to do this...I'm trying to search a directory for files,I have files that are like this:
File.doc
File 1.doc
File 2.doc
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I'm fiddling around with a small program that can delete a directory, including its sub-folders and files.This is the code I'm using: (Note-I found it on the net, I didn't code it myself)
Private Sub filedelete(ByVal filename As String)
Dim filesystemobject As Object
filesystemobject = CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")[code]..........
So on click of button '2' the folders are cleaned out, and on click of button '3' they are deleted - it works great.Now the problem is, if any of the folders in the directory 'test' are not accessible to the current user, the program throws the exception 'Access to the path is denied.Is it possible to skip folders that are not accessible, and just ignore them, and delete the ones that are accessible?What code needs to be added to enable this ability?
I have a function that returns a value of the numbers of files, folders and subfolders in a directory. But i can't seem to handle the "UnauthorizedAccessException" which i get from certain read only files or folders. I tried to use both the DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories() and DirectoryInfo.GetFiles() methods. as you can see from the code below. This exception is thrown in start of the for each loop, so i'm not able to handel it with a try, Catch Ex As UnauthorizedAccessException to cintinue the loop.
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I'm writing a little app that I can tell to delete files older than x amount of days.
You select a folder and click go and it does the job but it only does the files within that folder. What I want to do is also delete all the files in all the sub folders. [code]....
I want to show a list of files and folders (names + their icons) inside a given directory with a ListView control or equivalent. I understand that ExtractAssociatedIcon gives you the icon of a file, not a folder. So what are my options for this objective? I don't really have a problem if I have to separate folders and files like the following.
Dim fi As New IO.DirectoryInfo(f) 'f is the path of a given directory
For Each subfolder As IO.DirectoryInfo In fi.GetDirectories()
ImageList1.Images.Add(My.Resources.FolderIcon)
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I searched the forum for solving this issue, but couldn't find one. I made an uninstaller which uninstalls certain application. However this application have lots of read-only files and folders and my uninstaller isn't able to remove any of them. So I need a code that would do so. Here's the uninstaller code that I have:
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I made an uninstaller which uninstalls certain application. However this application have lots of read-only files and folders and my uninstaller isn't able to remove any of them.
Here's the uninstaller code that I have:
Imports System.IO
Dim path As String
Dim tempstring As String
Dim totalbytes As Long
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I am currently using a recursive function to retrieve all the files/folders within a directory.Sometimes this takes a while. I am wondering if I am able to calculate the total number of files/folders within a directory before retrieving the filenames so that I can implement a progress bar?
View 1 RepliesI made an uninstaller which uninstalls certain application. However this application have lots of read-only files and folders and my uninstaller isn't able to remove any of them.
Here's the uninstaller code that I have:
Imports System.IO
Dim path As String
Dim tempstring As String
Dim totalbytes As Long
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My program actually downloads a zip file then extracts it onto their desktop. But I need an uninstall feature for it, which is basically deleting multiple folders and containing files. How can I do this in vb.net?
View 3 RepliesI link a combobox to display folders in a directory and a list view to show the files within that folder?
View 1 Repliesi'm developing a program that must be able to create, delete and edit files or folders on a remote web address such as [URL]
View 2 RepliesI'm working out on a function in my program to let it update all the downloaded files by a button, I tried this:
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But when I try it .. It says that I cannot remove the directory because it already has files inside it.My question is, how can I remove all these files together (Without mentioning each one of them because they're about 100 files) so I can be able to delete the directory?
I'm trying to read a csv file. I'm also try to delete all files in the temp directory on the page load. Everything goes fine the first time, but the second time I get an error saying it couldn't delete the file because it is in use by another process. I'm aware that this process is my vb file, I just can't seem to find what I need to dispose of to get rid of the file lock.
Here is my code
Imports System
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
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I have 2 images inside a folder called Pics..... Image1.jpg and Image2.jpg.What code must i place inside my Submit button to just delete Image1.jpg located here "~/Pics/Image1.jpg"?
View 4 Replieshow I can delete files in a directory that are older than 7 days and have a specific name?
View 12 RepliesVB.net 2008 express This is what I have so far, and it loads a list of files from a text file. Now I need to be able to delete them all from a certain drive and all sub folders in it. For instance I push the delete button and it goes through the entire list and deletes all the files in it from the designated drive and all it's sub folders.
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Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
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I'm copying over some files to a target directory on a daily basis.Before I move the new files over, I'd like to delete the old files under the target folder, possibly using System.IO.Directory.Delete()But my problem is, the target folder is on a public drive where everybody in the company could access, and I don't want to empty the folder while someone else might be using those files.I'm thinking whether there's a Class that check the status on the files in a specific directory before I come in and delete everything.(I know I would get an IOException if I disregard the status of the files and try to delete them)
View 2 Replieshow to copy, delete, show files, show current directory, change directory, make folder, rename folder. My problem is i have a method on deleting a file and copying a file, but i don't know how to pass the method so that when i click the delete button it would let me choose what file to delete. By the way im using buttons on each function.[code...]
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to make a program that will list all the sub-directories in a directory then list all the files in a sub directory in another listbox when you select a directory from the first listbox, what I am stuck on is listing the folders.
Dim folderInfo As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:windows")
Dim arrFilesInFolder() As IO.FileInfo
Dim fileInFolder As IO.FileInfo
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This code lists all the files in a directory but not the folders, I want it to do the complete opposite.
ive been searching round the net but the only examples i can find are for vb6 which i know nothing about, i want to be able to scan a folder and all sub folders with in it and delete any folders which are empty.
This is all the code ive put together so far:
vb Dim folder2scan as string = Folderbrowser.selectedpath
If IO.Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(folder2scan).Length = 0 Then
End If
I am currently writing an application, where the user clicks a button, it scans for empty folders and then puts them in a listbox.The user can then then select the folders in the listbox and click delete. how to i get the scan button to find the empty folders?
View 6 Replieshow can i either copy/move/rename & delete a file in program files directory? [c ode]i already have the form which grabs the updated file and it save it to temp directory ready for copying, just stuck here as of the access denied.
View 4 RepliesI know I can go to signing> and uncheck clickonce and assembly so I'll try that, but can I also just delete the folders in my solution explorer properties? I have not one but 3 folders in there --
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I need help with file enumeration. I'm trying to create a program that can list files, folders and sub folders locations in a log file for diagnostic purposes. After it searches it can open notepad and display the results. The problem I'm having is that I'm a beginner and not familiar with file enumeration.
View 14 RepliesI'm using a dialog box to select multiple files and move them to the directory "C:/Playlist". I guess you can say I'm having trouble with 2 things.
1. The Loop
2. Use of the dialogs FileNames function
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I'm using the following code to get all of the files from a DVD drive and load them into a bindinglist and then a datagridview:
mAddBL.Clear()
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Try
Dim dir As New IO.DirectoryInfo(Form1.m_DVDdrive & ":")
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This shows all files and folder names on the disc. If I want it to show all files, regardless of the folder they're in, is there a built-in method to do that or do I need to take an entry, identify it as a directory and then use that as my source to read the files in it?