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Deleting a user profile folder

Hi,
In my app I need to delete several user profiles inside the Documents
and Settings folder.
But everytime i try Directory.Delete(path) I get a IOException with
"Access denied to path ..", however I can delete the folders using
windows explorer.

I'm logged in as an admin and the program runs under my account.
I've spent hours googling for a solution, but only found other people
with the same problem.
thanks in advance

Dec 6 '05 #1
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User the Delete profile API defined in Userenv.dll.
"Iceken" <sa********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
In my app I need to delete several user profiles inside the Documents
and Settings folder.
But everytime i try Directory.Delete(path) I get a IOException with
"Access denied to path ..", however I can delete the folders using
windows explorer.

I'm logged in as an admin and the program runs under my account.
I've spent hours googling for a solution, but only found other people
with the same problem.
thanks in advance

Dec 6 '05 #2

"Iceken" <sa********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
Hi,
In my app I need to delete several user profiles inside the Documents
and Settings folder.
But everytime i try Directory.Delete(path) I get a IOException with
"Access denied to path ..", however I can delete the folders using
windows explorer.

I'm logged in as an admin and the program runs under my account.
I've spent hours googling for a solution, but only found other people
with the same problem.
thanks in advance


Why re-inventing the wheel, use the command line tools built for this.
"net user username /delete "
deletes the user and it's profile.
You can use Process.Start to execute this command from code.

Willy.


Dec 6 '05 #3

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