Summary Of Problem:
I have a console app that, after copying many folders and files over to a new location, a local drive, it then deletes certain files/folders. One of these filetypes it deletes is .exe files. When trying to delete said files it gives me a denied access error.(This also occurs while trying to delete other kinds of files and folders as well)
Other Notes:
I saw several questions, such as Unable to delete .exe file through c#. However the process was never running on my local machine nor on the source it was copied from. I am both a local administrator and a domain administrator on our domain, and I had ownership over all folders and files in the directories I'm working with. But it still denies me access when trying to delete the file from code. I am however able to delete such files/folders manually.(click delete key)
Problem:
As stated above I am looking for a way to get past this issue denying me access to delete these "Illegal" file types and delete them from my code.
My Code:(Updated)
#region Delete_Illegal_Items
public static void RemoveIllegalItems()
{
Console.Clear();
DirectoryInfo Libraries = new DirectoryInfo(Library.DestinationMain);
try
{
foreach (var Lib in Libraries.GetDirectories())
{
Console.WriteLine("Working On {0}.", Lib.Name);
Parallel.Invoke(
() =>
{
RemoveBadFiles(Lib);
},
() =>
{
DeleteEmptyFolders(Lib);
}
);
}
}
catch (AggregateException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("There Was An Unusual Error During Initialization Of Library Correction:\n{0}", e.InnerException.ToString());
}
}
private static string[] BadFiles = {
@".hta",
@".exe",
@".lnk",
@".tmp",
@".config",
@".ashx",
@".hta.",
@".hta::$DATA",
@".zip",
@".asmx",
@".json",
@".soap",
@".svc",
@".xamlx",
@".msi",
@".ops",
@".pif",
@".shtm",
@".shtml",
@"smt",
@".vb",
@".vbe",
@".vbs",
@".ds_store",
@".db",
@".ini",
@".tiff"
};
private static void RemoveBadFiles(DirectoryInfo directory)
{
DirectoryInfo[] dirs = null;
FileInfo[] files = null;
if (directory != null)
{
files = directory.GetFiles();
}
try
{
dirs = directory.GetDirectories();
}
catch (IOException) { }
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nError During Enumeration Of Items To Delete:\n{0}", e.Message);
}
if (files != null)
{
foreach (var file in files)
{
try
{
if (file.IsReadOnly)
{
file.IsReadOnly = false;
}
if (BadFiles.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file.FullName)))
{
File.Delete(file.FullName);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nError During Removal Or Illegal Files:\n" + e.Message);
}
}
}
if (dirs != null)
{
foreach (var dir in dirs)
{
switch (dir.Name)
{
case ".TemporaryItems":
{
try
{
Directory.Delete(dir.FullName);
}
catch { }
break;
}
case "AI_RecycleBin":
{
try
{
Directory.Delete(dir.FullName);
}
catch { }
break;
}
case ".ToRemove":
{
try
{
Directory.Delete(dir.FullName);
}
catch { }
break;
}
default:
{
break;
}
}
RemoveBadFiles(dir);
}
}
}
private static void DeleteEmptyFolders(DirectoryInfo directory)
{
Program Main = new Program();
try
{
DirectoryInfo[] dirs = directory.GetDirectories();
foreach (var subDirectory in dirs)
{
int sum = Library.CountLibrary(subDirectory.FullName);
if (sum == 0)
{
Directory.Delete(subDirectory.FullName);
}
DeleteEmptyFolders(subDirectory);
}
}
catch { }
}
#endregion
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If this question has been directly answered elsewhere please feel free to mention it in the comment. As I stated above I have been looking through past question regarding this issue and have not found a solution as of yet. Otherwise thank you for your help.
