deleting un-empty directory

i am using rmdir to delete directories but it does not seem to work when there is something in the directory

any easy ways to fix this?

delete all the files and subdirectories first.

though maybe FSO can do it

pete

in a shell, RmDir C:\Hello /s /q will remove a directory even if it isnt empty.

He means to do this:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
 
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Long = 1
Private Const SW_HIDE As Long = 0
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "Open", "C:\Windows\System32\CMD.exe", " /c RMdir  c:Hello  /s /q"", "C:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL
End Sub

VB Code:

Kill [dir] & "\*.*"
RmDir [dir]