Thread: Removing non-empty directory

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    Removing non-empty directory

    Hello everyone,


    I am wondering how to remove a non-empty directory on Windows? I find that function RemoveDirectory works only for empty directory.


    thanks in advance,
    George

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    You could remove all the files from the directory, then use RemoveDirectory.
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    Recursively remove all files from the directory, deleting each directory as you do. Look at recursive functions if you have not used them before.

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