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Question about deleting files

Is there any other way to delete a file other then using a FSO or the Kill method?

I have a computer that connectes to remote machines, and deletes files out of a specified folder if it is older then 5 days. Everything works great, except i receive this error about half of the time:

Runtime error: -2147024832 Description: Method '~' of object '~' failed.

I seem to get it on any number of machines (there is 12 machines that i delete from). I know it is not a hardware issue (bad hard drive, network issues, etc) because i can delete these files manually via windows (also working remotely, connected to the share). I have my program dumping all information when it encounters this error, so i know which directory it was trying to delete. Everything is fine, and i cant figure out what is causing this error.

Any ideas on this, or another way to delete files?

I have found information about it being a problem with windows, but only on windows 2000 or less (fixed after win2k SP1). All of the PCs have the latest SP on them (all running windows 2000 SP4). So i dont think that is the issue.

Explained in http://www-tcsn.experts-exchange.com/questions/20736947/Visual-Basic-6-0-Error-in-CopyFile-2147024832-Description-Method-'-'-of-object-'-'-failed.html

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R_Rajesh

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kmorris1186

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do you think this would delete using the full UNC path?

Like "\\machinename\share\" ?

i will check it out, she what i can get it to do..

thanks

Crazy_king_in

Try This

Paste this in the Form General section
Private Declare Function DeleteFile Lib "kernel32" Alias "DeleteFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Then call
DeleteFile \\FileName

kmorris1186

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would that also work with a whole directory? I am actually deleting images out of folders. If i delete the images one by one, it is real slow. If i delete the directory as a whole, it is much faster.

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kmorris1186

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oh, didnt think it would be that simple :)

i will give it a try! i am still revamping the whole GUI of my program. Trying to make it more user friendly. I will get back to in a day or so once i get to the deleting code section.

Thanks! i will try all 3 ways.

Nobody has any ideas about the "Method '~' of object '~' failed" error do ya?

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kmorris1186

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Sorry this is taking em so long. I havent had much time to finish this project up.

I have added 30 points since i am taking so long.

I havent forgotten. dont worry..