[RESOLVED] Deleting Files from a diffrent location?

[Pale]

How can i make an .exe remove 4 files from a location other than the folder the executable is located in?

EG. Delete C:\Program Files\Delete This\Deletethis.txt

Thanks,

[Marc G]

I don't understand what the problem is.
You can use _unlink or SHShellOperation and specify the full path of the file you want to delete.

[PadexArt]

C++ remove()

WinAPI DeleteFile()

[Pale]

Can you show me an example of this for the file:

C:\Program Files\MyFolder\MyFile.txt

All i want the code to do is delete that without even popping up a window or anything.

[cilu]

You can use DeleteFile. It does not pop anything.

If you're using SHFileOperation make sure the flags parameter includes FOF_SILENT.

[Pale]

#include <windows.h>
#include <winbase.h>

int main () {
	BOOL WINAPI DeleteFile(
  __in  LPCTSTR test.txt
);
}

i get the error: error C2143: syntax error : missing ',' before '.'

I don't want it to delete just one file in the same dir as the .exe, i want it to delete for files from a folder not on the desktop.

Please show me an example.

[GCDEF]

DeleteFile("C:\\some directory\\some kind of file.txt");

Do you understand how functions work?

[Pale]

Thanks

[johnnyboldt]

Sounds like someone is try to pull a nasty trick on someone else
If that's the case, I would also use some bash scripting, use ls to get all the file names, put this in a new file, put that new file name at the end and then delete them all!

[GCDEF]

Sounds like someone is try to pull a nasty trick on someone else
If that's the case, I would also use some bash scripting, use ls to get all the file names, put this in a new file, put that new file name at the end and then delete them all!

Huh???