Re: How do I delete a folder through code?
* scs0:
Why is this functionality so difficult to do and find described
online?
Try MSDN Library.
If you know the exact steps - I mean the EXACT code - for deleting a
folder (and yes that means it can have files and folders within it
please let me know how it's done EXACTLY. My code isn't working
If you're just going to do the usual newsgroup thing where you give me
a riddle, a tip that leads nowhere, or a fragment of an answer please
hit the back button now. I need an actual answer that actually works.
In that case you should try to provide the actual code you have problems with.
We're not telepathic.
BTW: Here's what I did and it fails:
// Delete the contents of the driver's backup folder
SHFILEOPSTRUCTW info;
memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
Why use dangerous and inefficient memset when you can just do (assuming C++)
SHFILEOPSTRUCTW info = {};
info.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
info.fFlags = FOF_NOCONFIRMATION | FOF_SILENT;
TCHAR szBuffer[2048];
Why on Earth are you using Hungarian prefixes?
memset(szBuffer, 0, sizeof(szBuffer));
See earlier comment about memset.
_tcscpy(szBuffer, _T("\\\\?\\"));
I'm not sure, but I think this prefix works only for Unicode. You're using
silly "_T" functionality which indicates you believe it works also for ANSI strings?
_tcscat(szBuffer, (LPCTSTR)strFolderToDelete);
This is very dangerous: you can easily exceed the buffer size.
Anyway, have you checked that te resulting string makes sense as a path?
info.pFrom = szBuffer;
if (0 != SHFileOperationW(&info))
And... What's the actual code? So far you've only set up some buffers.
Assuming this is all the code you're using to delete folder, that's the reason
it's not deleted. You need to isse some function call that deletes the folder.
For example, a call to SHFileOperation().
Cheers, & hth.,
- Alf
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