DirRemove Does not run

[henryp]

Scenario:

Uninstall program #1

Uninstall Program #2

DirRemove Program #1's left over files

DirRemove Program #2's left over files

Every time i run this, Program #2's files are never deleted.

When i put a sleep(1000) then everything will work successfully. I dont want to rely on the sleep time to DirRemove successfully.

So is there a way to have my program work all the time? Is there some sort of wait i can use for the DirRemove and uninstalling program #2?

[LurchMan]

Can you post your code so we can see what you're working with?

[electrico]

Man if you want real help post your code.

Anyways, you can use this:

FileDelete(@DesktopDir & "\Directory\*.*")
DirRemove(@DesktopDir & "\Directory")

Or if directory is not removed anyway, so that means that this directory is locked by other process, may be windows msiexec.exe or explorer.exe. So try to do this:

ProcessWaitClose("msiexec.exe")
;ProcessClose("explorer.exe") - Here I put comments because it may be not so necessary.
;ProcessClose("rundll32.exe") - the same thing...
FileDelete(@DesktopDir & "\Directory\*.*")
DirRemove(@DesktopDir & "\Directory")
;ShellExecute ("explorer.exe") - in case u have killed explorer before to remove directory.

Edited July 9, 2010 by electrico

[sleepydvdr]

Just to comment on what electrico said, that is correct. Background processes may have a lock on files/folders but just remember that killing background processes and restarting them can mess up what a user is doing. All of the users' open windows will be closed and if that person is doing something such as copying a large file to their computer, the transfer will stop and fail. I would not rely on this method to solve the problem. Your original sleep solution would be better.