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Asked: 2026-05-25T22:56:55+00:00

I wrote some code to get the files in a directory. In order to

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I wrote some code to get the files in a directory. In order to do this I used the Directory.GetFiles method. I’ve used it before, so I know it exists and works.

So I started using it (I’m using the System.IO namespace) and it tells me that ‘System.IO.Directory’ does not contain a definition for ‘GetFiles’. Indeed, if I use the intellisense, there is no such method. MSDN tells me that there is though, and I know I’ve used it before, and I’m 99% sure it was System.IO.Directory.

I do have System.IO.Directory… it just doesn’t have that method. It has methods like ‘GetCreationTime’, ‘GetDirectoryRoot’, ‘GetLastAccessTime’, ‘SetCurrentDirectory’ and so on, but no ‘GetFiles’.

Can anyone offer any help?

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  1. Editorial Team

    How are you making the call? That will tell us a lot about why the compiler might be complaining.

    There are 3 Overloads for GetFiles on System.IO.Directory

    Could you be looking for DirectoryInfo.GetFiles

    Indeed, if I use the intellisense, there is no such method

    The only 2 logical things I can think of that might cause this:

    1. Visual Studio, or your solution are in a corrupted state (Restart VS / Reboot)
    2. Your Project is targeting a version of .Net lower than 2.0 (GetFiles was introduced in 2.0)
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