How to get while directory is using by any process or not in vb.net

I am creating a directory for my application...But want to delete it at the Page Disposed event. While doing that it is giving that the Directory is used by another process.....So I am not able to delete that one......How can I get that the directory is used by another process....and stop that process for deleting the particular directory...?

I need help. Thanks for helping me.

[396 byte] By [TapojjwalMandal] at [2008-1-9]

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# 1

You'll know the directory is in use from the exception, there is no other way to check. If it is another process that locked the directory, you can't do anything about it. It may well be your own app. If you use OpenFileDialog, be sure to set the RestoreDirectory property to True.

nobugz at 2007-10-3 >

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# 2

Hi Hans..

You are right..but I am extracting files in a new folder which I am creating by my program....But after doing everything...I want to delete that one...and at that time I am getting the exception.....So it is locked by some other process....Now my question is that...how to unlock that directory from other process?

TapojjwalMandal at 2007-10-3 >

# 3

Hi, Tapojjwal,

Based on your description, I think this folder is possibly locked by your own application.

As nobugz said in his post, it is really not so easy to check what process has locked this directory or unlock the directory in .Net.

So, please check if you have released all the resources after you creating and extracting the files.

If possible, please post some codes for that.

Regards

YuGuo–MSFT at 2007-10-3 >

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