Using the Shell API to Delete a Directory
use 'SHFileOperation', which copies, removes, renames or deletes a file system objec
#include <shellapi.h>
bool DeleteDirectory(LPCTSTR lpszDir, bool noRecycleBin = true)
{
int len = _tcslen(lpszDir);
TCHAR *pszFrom = new TCHAR[len+2];
_tcscpy(pszFrom, lpszDir);
pszFrom[len] = 0;
pszFrom[len+1] = 0;
SHFILEOPSTRUCT fileop;
fileop.hwnd = NULL; // no status display
fileop.wFunc = FO_DELETE; // delete operation
fileop.pFrom = pszFrom; // source file name as double null terminated string
fileop.pTo = NULL; // no destination needed
fileop.fFlags = FOF_NOCONFIRMATION|FOF_SILENT; // do not prompt the user
if(!noRecycleBin)
fileop.fFlags |= FOF_ALLOWUNDO;
fileop.fAnyOperationsAborted = FALSE;
fileop.lpszProgressTitle = NULL;
fileop.hNameMappings = NULL;
int ret = SHFileOperation(&fileop);
delete [] pszFrom;
return (ret == 0);
}
int main()
{
DeleteDirectory("d:\\Test", false);
return 0;
}