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Try following method 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-39170884-1">Public Sub CopyFolder(sourceFolder As String, destFolder As String)
	If Not Directory.Exists(destFolder) Then
	 Directory.CreateDirectory(destFolder)
	End If
	Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles(sourceFolder)
	For Each file__1 As String In files
		Dim name As String = Path.GetFileName(file__1)
 If name &lt;&gt; &quot;thumbs.db&quot; Then
 		 Dim dest As String = Path.Combine(destFolder, name)
 		 File.Copy(file__1, dest)
 End If
	Next
	Dim folders As String() = Directory.GetDirectories(sourceFolder)
	For Each folder As String In folders
		Dim name As String = Path.GetFileName(folder)
		Dim dest As String = Path.Combine(destFolder, name)
		CopyFolder(folder, dest)
	Next
End Sub
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Hello. &nbsp;Currently here is the code I use to copy an entire folder: 
 

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-28129090-1">Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem.CopyDirectory(&quot;\\share\folder&quot;, &quot;\\destshare\folder&quot;, True)
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The issue I'm having is a file like &quot;thumbs.db&quot; when trying to be copied results in an error: 
 
&quot;Error is could not complete operation on some files and directories. &nbsp;see the data property of the exception for more details.&quot; 
 
is there any method to copy an entire folder and it's contents and ignore certain file types? &nbsp;Much appreciated if someone can show me a solution for such a thing. 
 
thank you very much.
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Hello.  Currently here is the code I use to copy an entire folder:

(CODE)

The issue I'm having is a file like "thumbs.db" when trying to be copied results in an error:

"Error is could not complete operation on some files and directories.  see the data property of the exception for more details."

is there any method to copy an entire folder and it's contents and ignore certain file types?  Much appreciated if someone can show me a solution for such a thing.

thank you very much.

VB.NET copy entire folder and subfolders to destination and ignore thumbs.db

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