Thank you, PureBasic!

[Mistrel]

There was a folder I couldn't delete in Windows Vista through Explorer or REM at the command prompt.  DeleteDirectory() worked perfectly!

[Fluid Byte]

Coding Questions?

[SoulReaper]

Yes there is a coding question i wonder why windows would not delete the directory and pure basic did ?

[charvista]

Sounds like PureBasic is PureGenic (a pure genie)

[Michael Vogel]

From time to time you have to be patient because a windows application locks a directory for (quite) a while - so maybe the PureBasic command just has been used at the right time

[pdwyer]

There was a folder I couldn't delete in Windows Vista through Explorer or REM at the command prompt.  DeleteDirectory() worked perfectly!

Maybe just explorer blocking it.

"rem" doesn't delete anything, it's not short for "remove"

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C:\>rem /?
Records comments (remarks) in a batch file or CONFIG.SYS.
REM [comment]

Try "RD" or "RMDIR"

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C:\>rd /?
Removes (deletes) a directory.

RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path
RD [/S] [/Q] [drive:]path

    /S      Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
            in addition to the directory itself.  Used to remove a directory
            tree.

    /Q      Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S

C:\>

[Mistrel]

Thanks for the tip, pdwyer. I tend forget the old DOS commands.