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Tue Jan 28 17:25:06 CST 2003
> So I guess this issue is something OS specific (Win2000 SP2).
My OS is XP Pro., but I have also tested it (and failed) on Win2000
Hadyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Hadyn Morgan" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FileSystemObject
> Hi Hadyn
>
> This is weird, I don't know why it doesn't work, but it doesn't - all
> subdirs are killed but the top level dir is not and cannot be removed
> unless you do a reboot.
>
> I did a quick test applying Marty's suggestion (you'll need to remove
> FOF_FILESONLY from the or'ed flags) but this behaves the same way.
>
> So I guess this issue is something OS specific (Win2000 SP2).
> Would any guru chime in for Haydn, please?
>
> /gustav
>
>
> > This is a small sample of what I am trying to do, but it will not run
twice
> > in a row.
> > Keep getting an "Error 70: Permission denied" on second attempt.
> > FYI - CurDir() returns D:\, no other programs open.
>
> > Sub Test()
>
> > Dim strPath As String
> > Dim FSO As Object
>
> > strPath = "C:\Test"
> > If Len(Dir(strPath & "\", vbDirectory)) > 0 Then
> > Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> > If FSO.FolderExists(strPath) Then
> > FSO.DeleteFolder strPath, True
> > End If
> > Set FSO = Nothing
> > End If
> > MkDir strPath
> > MkDir strPath & "\1"
> > MkDir strPath & "\2"
> > MkDir strPath & "\3"
> > MkDir strPath & "\4"
>
> > End Sub
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
> > To: "Hadyn Morgan" <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] FileSystemObject
>
>
> >> Hi Hadyn
> >>
> >> You have probably changed your current dir to a folder you now try to
> >> delete again.
> >> You can check that with CurDir().
> >>
> >> /gustav
> >>
> >>
> >> > I have an app that creates a handful of PDF's in individual folders
> > using
> >> > the FileSystemObject. It starts by deleting the main folder that all
> > the
> >> > other folders are in and then rebuilds it. This works fine the first
> > time
> >> > but if the user tries to do it again it says it cannot delete the
> > folder.
> >> > The app has to be closed and reopened before it will work again
(once).
> > All
> >> > instantiated objects are destroyed, as per normal. Any ideas?
> >>
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