Deleting folders in Documents and Settings

[Jonas]

Hi.

I am trying to delete unused user profiles, but i am not able to do this. I
think it has something to do with the SpecialFolder attribute? Does anyone
know how to delete files and folder under "Documents and Settings"
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Documents and Settings\Username");

di.Delete(true);

 

[TerryFei]

Hi,
Welcome to MSDN Newsgroup!

From my experience, this operation will need admin privilege. So please
help us confirm whether or not current user account owns admin privilege.
If not, you could use an admin account to log on and try this again.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. I am standing by
to help you. Thanks again and have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Terry Fei[MSFT]
Microsoft Community Support
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[Jonas]

Hi Terry.

The operation is done with local admin privileges.

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Jonas,

You're getting an exception which says access denied, because there are
some read-only folders and files under the user's folder. Unlike deleting
in the windows UI, the Delete method cannot handle the files that are
read-only. So you have to make them writable first.

Kevin Yu
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[Jonas]

Thank you Kevin, you solved my problem.

 

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

You're welcome, Jonas.

Kevin Yu
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