How to delete Read only folder in asp.net ,c#

Question

I want to delete Read-only Folder. I did like this

  //Remove Read-only for the Folder
File.SetAttributes(folderpath, File.GetAttributes(folderpath) & ~FileAttributes.ReadOnly);
//Delete Folder
      FileInfo myfileinf = new FileInfo(folderpath);
        myfileinf.Delete();

But i get this Error "Access to the path 'E:\Working Folder\RPEssential\RPEssential\ResourcePlus-PL\RDLReports\t' is denied".

The user your ASP.NET Application Pool is running with must have the proper permissions to delete that folder. Hope this helps — juanreyesv, Apr 23 '13 at 05:27
Try manually removing the read only flag and execute the code. Whether it's working? — Ramesh Durai, Apr 23 '13 at 05:36
@Sachin if you are trying to delete the entire folder you should use Directory.Delete [method](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/fxeahc5f(v=vs.100).aspx) — juanreyesv, Apr 23 '13 at 05:38
Check out this.http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1701457/directory-delete-doesnt-work-access-denied-error-but-under-windows-explorer-it — MahaSwetha, Apr 23 '13 at 05:45
Ok @Sachin so try to use Directory.Delete() Method. There is a good example in this page http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/fxeahc5f(v=vs.100).aspx — juanreyesv, Apr 23 '13 at 05:49

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '13 at 07:10

As I commented earlier the problem is that you are trying to delete a folder as you were deleting a file.

You should use Directory.Delete method to delete a folder.

In the following link there is a good example on how to use it

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/library/fxeahc5f(v=vs.100).aspx

public static void Main() 
{
    // Specify the directories you want to manipulate.
    string path = @"c:\MyDir";
    string subPath = @"c:\MyDir\temp";

    try 
    {
        // Determine whether the directory exists.
        if (!Directory.Exists(path)) 
        {
            // Create the directory.
            Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
        }


        if (!Directory.Exists(subPath)) 
        {
            // Create the directory.
            Directory.CreateDirectory(subPath);
        }

        // This will succeed because subdirectories are being deleted.
        Console.WriteLine("I am about to attempt to delete {0}", path);
        Directory.Delete(path, true);
        Console.WriteLine("The Delete operation was successful.");

    } 
    catch (Exception e) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
    } 
    finally {}
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '13 at 05:37

There can be many reasons for a read only to be denied. Is the folder in use? Open in a console? Running an executable? All of these things you should check. Even if it has the permission, if the directory is in use, it won't allow you to delete it.

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