I am trying to delete the folder created in isolated storage.
But i get a error of "path must be a valid file name"
My created file name is "a07292011//time.Schedule".
So now i want to delete the folder and my code is:
myStore.DeleteDirectory(selectedFolderName1 + "\\");
Where selectedFolderName1 = a07292011
/// <summary>
/// Method for deleting an isolated storage directory
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryName">Name of a directory to be deleted</param>
public static void DeleteDirectory(string directoryName)
{
try
{
using (IsolatedStorageFile currentIsolatedStorage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(directoryName) && currentIsolatedStorage.DirectoryExists(directoryName))
{
currentIsolatedStorage.DeleteDirectory(directoryName);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// do something with exception
}
}
Get more details here
http://www.eugenedotnet.com/2010/11/isolated-storage-for-windows-phone-7/
Here's my code to recursively delete foldersand theirfiles/subfolders from the isolated storage. It works on Windows Phone 8, too.
public static void CleanAndDeleteDirectoryRecursive(string directory)
{
IsolatedStorageFile iso = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
if (iso.DirectoryExists(directory))
{
string[] files = iso.GetFileNames(directory + @"/*");
foreach (string file in files)
{
iso.DeleteFile(directory + @"/" + file);
Debug.WriteLine("Deleted file: " + directory + @"/" + file);
}
string[] subDirectories = iso.GetDirectoryNames(directory + @"/*");
foreach (string subDirectory in subDirectories)
{
CleanAndDeleteDirectoryRecursive(directory + @"/" + subDirectory);
}
iso.DeleteDirectory(directory);
Debug.WriteLine("Deleted directory: " + directory);
}
}
The directory you try to delete must be empty.
public void DeleteDirectory(string directoryName) {
try {
using (IsolatedStorageFile isoFile = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication()) {
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(directoryName) && currentIsolatedStorage.DirectoryExists(directoryName)) {
var fn = isoFile.GetFileNames(string.Concat(directoryName, "\\*"));
if (fn.Length > 0)
for (int i = 0; i < fn.Length; ++i)
isoFile.DeleteFile(string.Concat(directoryName, "\\", fn[i]));
isoFile.DeleteDirectory(directoryName);
}
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
//implement some error handling
}
}