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Asked: 2026-05-15T06:51:24+00:00

I want to delete a folder which contains the currently running application. How can

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I want to delete a folder which contains the currently running application. How can i do it..? is there any way of doing it ? i.e the folder which contains the application should delete after the application has finished running ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your best bet is probably to use the Win32 API MoveFileEx. It has a flag that can be set for deleting files when they are in use on the next reboot called MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT. Set the new filename parameter of MoveFileEx to NULL to perform this type of delete.

    If dwFlags specifies
    MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT and
    lpNewFileName is NULL, MoveFileEx
    registers the lpExistingFileName file
    to be deleted when the system
    restarts.

    Note: Normal files that are in use can be deleted normally using the Win32 API DeleteFile depending on if they were opened (Using the Win32 API CreateFile) with FILE_SHARE_DELETE permission. I don’t think running programs by default on Windows have that permission though. When a file is specified to be deleted that is in use but that was opened with this flag, then the file will be removed when the last file handle is closed.

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