How to delete a shared folder using c# code if the directory is opened on another machine?

Question

I'm trying to delete an empty shared directory which is opened in another machine. If i directly delete the directory(right click and delete) it is removed.

Stopwatch st = new Stopwatch();
        st.Start();
 while(true){
            try
            {
                Directory.Delete(pathToDelete, true);
                Console.WriteLine("Directory Deleted" + "Elapsed time:" + st.Elapsed.Seconds.ToString() + "sec");
                break;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                if ((e is System.IO.IOException) || (e is System.UnauthorizedAccessException) ||
                    (e is System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
                    if (st.Elapsed > TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Can not delete directory ");
                        return;
                    }

                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
                }
                else
                {
                    throw;
                }
            }
        }

It is not deleting the directory if the directory opened on same machine or different machine using the shared-path.

I found this but i couldn't understand the code properly.

Anyone suggest a better method? Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'c:\\dir' because it is being used by another process

That means that its in use, therefore your not going to be able to remove it. If its empty like you say, then it must be either a) in use by someone on the Network Share or there's something running on the server that its ran from that's monitoring it. You may need to stop a service.