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Directory.Delete problem

In short, I'm getting an IOException "Directory is not empty" if I have a
Windows Explorer window open and have a subdirectory selected in the tree
view.

For example, I have a directory path of "C:\TestDelete\Sub1". I have
Windows Explorer open and I have "Sub1" selected in the tree view. There
are no files in any of the directories and none are read-only. If I then
call:

Directory.Delete(@"C:\TestDelete", true); // recursive delete

it will throw an IOException. If I have any other directory selected it
works fine. Is this a bug, or just an unfortunate interaction with
Explorer?

What looks to be happening is the Delete function deletes "Sub1" and
Explorer moves the selection down to the "TestDelete" directory, and I'm
assuming is locking the tree during the selection move when the Delete
function tries to delete the parent.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? There's really no reason it should fail.

Thanks.
Nov 17 '06 #1
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