deleting folder

[learningvisualc]

Hi all, I was trying to make self deleting executable. I found a article on code project [] my problem is i am stucked at one place my folder is not getting deleted.

// temporary .bat file
CString templ =
"del \"%s\"\r\n"
"taskkill /im selfdelete.exe\r\n"
"del \"%s\"\r\n"
"rmdir /S /Q \"%s\"\r\n"
"del \"%s\"" ;

//CString temppath;

CString tempstr;
CString modulename;

LPTSTR pPath = tempstr.GetBufferSetLength(MAX\_PATH);
GetTempPath ( MAX\_PATH, pPath );
tempstr.ReleaseBuffer();
tempstr = tempstr + tempbatname;

LPTSTR modulenm = modulename.GetBufferSetLength(MAX\_PATH);
GetModuleFileName(NULL,modulenm,MAX\_PATH) ;
modulename.ReleaseBuffer();

CString str = modulename;
int k = str.Find('\\\\');
while(k >= 0)
{
	str = str.Right(str.GetLength()-k-1);
	k = str.Find('\\\\');
}

CString folder = modulename.Left(modulename.GetLength()-str.GetLength());

CString iniFile = folder;
CString file = "\\\\selfdeletepath.txt";
iniFile = iniFile + file;

HANDLE hf ;
hf = CreateFile(tempstr, GENERIC\_WRITE, 0, NULL,CREATE\_ALWAYS, FILE\_ATTRIBUTE\_NORMAL, NULL) ;

if (hf != INVALID\_HANDLE\_VALUE)
{
	DWORD len ;
	CString bat ;
	LPTSTR bBat = bat.GetBufferSetLength(MAX\_PATH);
	bat = (char\*)alloca(strlen(templ) + strlen(modulename) \* 2 + strlen(tempstr) + 20) ;
	wsprintf(bBat, templ,iniFile, modulename, folder, tempstr) ;
	WriteFile(hf, bat, strlen(bat), &len, NULL) ;   
	CloseHandle(hf) ;
	ShellExecute(NULL, "open", tempstr, NULL, NULL, SW\_HIDE);  
}

}

can anybody please tell me what i am doing wrong. thanks in advance

[m_mun]

You can try SHFILEOPSTRUCT Structure

[Adam Roderick J]

I smell this exe itself to be like a virus Well i think you are doing something which is weird ;P ShellExecute itself, check the argument. Well i am doubted about your logic of deletion. I believe you can achieve the deletion in XP with a different logic. Create a remote thread and attach to some other process before exiting your native executable, and then delete from that remote thread. Just try that :)

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