编者注:尽管这个答案包含了一些有用的信息，但关于Directory.Delete的工作原理实际上是不正确的。请阅读这个答案的评论，以及这个问题的其他答案。

我以前遇到过这个问题。

The root of the problem is that this function does not delete files that are within the directory structure. So what you'll need to do is create a function that deletes all the files within the directory structure then all the directories before removing the directory itself. I know this goes against the second parameter but it's a much safer approach. In addition, you will probably want to remove READ-ONLY access attributes from the files right before you delete them. Otherwise that will raise an exception.

只需将这些代码放入您的项目中。

public static void DeleteDirectory(string target_dir)
{
    string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(target_dir);
    string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(target_dir);

    foreach (string file in files)
    {
        File.SetAttributes(file, FileAttributes.Normal);
        File.Delete(file);
    }

    foreach (string dir in dirs)
    {
        DeleteDirectory(dir);
    }

    Directory.Delete(target_dir, false);
}

另外，对我个人来说，我对允许删除的机器区域添加了一个限制，因为你希望有人在C:\ windows (%WinDir%)或C:\。

If you are trying to recursively delete directory a and directory a\b is open in Explorer, b will be deleted but you will get the error 'directory is not empty' for a even though it is empty when you go and look. The current directory of any application (including Explorer) retains a handle to the directory. When you call Directory.Delete(true), it deletes from bottom up: b, then a. If b is open in Explorer, Explorer will detect the deletion of b, change directory upwards cd .. and clean up open handles. Since the file system operates asynchronously, the Directory.Delete operation fails due to conflicts with Explorer.

不完整的解决方案

我最初发布了以下解决方案，想法是中断当前线程，让资源管理器有时间释放目录句柄。

// incomplete!
try
{
    Directory.Delete(path, true);
}
catch (IOException)
{
    Thread.Sleep(0);
    Directory.Delete(path, true);
}

但是，只有当打开的目录是您正在删除的目录的直接子目录时，这才有效。如果a\b\c\d在资源管理器中是打开的，并且你在a上使用这个，这个技术在删除d和c后将会失败。

一个更好的解决方案

此方法将处理深层目录结构的删除，即使在资源管理器中打开了一个较低级别的目录。

/// <summary>
/// Depth-first recursive delete, with handling for descendant 
/// directories open in Windows Explorer.
/// </summary>
public static void DeleteDirectory(string path)
{
    foreach (string directory in Directory.GetDirectories(path))
    {
        DeleteDirectory(directory);
    }

    try
    {
        Directory.Delete(path, true);
    }
    catch (IOException) 
    {
        Directory.Delete(path, true);
    }
    catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
    {
        Directory.Delete(path, true);
    }
}

尽管我们自己要做额外的递归工作，但我们仍然必须处理过程中可能发生的UnauthorizedAccessException。尚不清楚第一次删除尝试是否为第二次成功的删除尝试铺平了道路，或者仅仅是抛出/捕获异常导致的时间延迟，允许文件系统赶上。

通过在try块的开头添加Thread.Sleep(0)，可以减少在典型条件下抛出和捕获的异常数量。此外，在系统负载较重的情况下，您可能会同时浏览这两个目录。删除尝试并失败。可以将此解决方案作为更健壮的递归删除的起点。

一般的答案

此解决方案仅处理与Windows资源管理器交互的特性。如果你想要一个坚如磐石的删除操作，有一件事要记住，任何东西(病毒扫描程序，无论什么)都可能在任何时候对你试图删除的东西有一个开放的句柄。所以你得稍后再试。多久之后，以及尝试了多少次，取决于删除对象的重要性。正如MSDN所示，

健壮的文件迭代代码必须考虑到许多复杂性 文件系统的。

这个无辜的声明，只提供了一个到NTFS参考文档的链接，应该会让你汗毛直竖。

(编辑:很多。这个答案原来只有第一个不完全解。)

现代异步回答

公认的答案是完全错误的，它可能适用于某些人，因为从磁盘获取文件所花费的时间释放了锁定文件的任何东西。事实上，这是因为文件被其他进程/流/操作锁定了。其他答案使用Thread。Sleep (Yuck)在一段时间后重试删除目录。这个问题需要一个更现代的答案来重新审视。

public static async Task<bool> TryDeleteDirectory(
   string directoryPath,
   int maxRetries = 10,
   int millisecondsDelay = 30)
{
    if (directoryPath == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException(directoryPath);
    if (maxRetries < 1)
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(maxRetries));
    if (millisecondsDelay < 1)
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(millisecondsDelay));

    for (int i = 0; i < maxRetries; ++i)
    {
        try
        {
            if (Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
            {
                Directory.Delete(directoryPath, true);
            }

            return true;
        }
        catch (IOException)
        {
            await Task.Delay(millisecondsDelay);
        }
        catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
        {
            await Task.Delay(millisecondsDelay);
        }
    }

    return false;
}

单元测试

这些测试展示了一个被锁定的文件如何导致目录的示例。删除失败以及上面的TryDeleteDirectory方法如何修复这个问题。

[Fact]
public async Task TryDeleteDirectory_FileLocked_DirectoryNotDeletedReturnsFalse()
{
    var directoryPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
    var subDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "SubDirectory");
    var filePath = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "File.txt");

    try
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
        Directory.CreateDirectory(subDirectoryPath);

        using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write))
        {
            var result = await TryDeleteDirectory(directoryPath, 3, 30);
            Assert.False(result);
            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(directoryPath));
        }
    }
    finally
    {
        if (Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
        {
            Directory.Delete(directoryPath, true);
        }
    }
}

[Fact]
public async Task TryDeleteDirectory_FileLockedThenReleased_DirectoryDeletedReturnsTrue()
{
    var directoryPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
    var subDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "SubDirectory");
    var filePath = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "File.txt");

    try
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
        Directory.CreateDirectory(subDirectoryPath);

        Task<bool> task;
        using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write))
        {
            task = TryDeleteDirectory(directoryPath, 3, 30);
            await Task.Delay(30);
            Assert.True(Directory.Exists(directoryPath));
        }

        var result = await task;
        Assert.True(result);
        Assert.False(Directory.Exists(directoryPath));
    }
    finally
    {
        if (Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
        {
            Directory.Delete(directoryPath, true);
        }
    }
}

我已经解决了这个千年技术(你可以离开线程。睡在自己的捕捉)

bool deleted = false;
        do
        {
            try
            {
                Directory.Delete(rutaFinal, true);                    
                deleted = true;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                string mensaje = e.Message;
                if( mensaje == "The directory is not empty.")
                Thread.Sleep(50);
            }
        } while (deleted == false);

我花了几个小时来解决这个问题和删除目录的其他异常。 这就是我的解

 public static void DeleteDirectory(string target_dir)
    {
        DeleteDirectoryFiles(target_dir);
        while (Directory.Exists(target_dir))
        {
            lock (_lock)
            {
                DeleteDirectoryDirs(target_dir);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void DeleteDirectoryDirs(string target_dir)
    {
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);

        if (Directory.Exists(target_dir))
        {

            string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(target_dir);

            if (dirs.Length == 0)
                Directory.Delete(target_dir, false);
            else
                foreach (string dir in dirs)
                    DeleteDirectoryDirs(dir);
        }
    }

    private static void DeleteDirectoryFiles(string target_dir)
    {
        string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(target_dir);
        string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(target_dir);

        foreach (string file in files)
        {
            File.SetAttributes(file, FileAttributes.Normal);
            File.Delete(file);
        }

        foreach (string dir in dirs)
        {
            DeleteDirectoryFiles(dir);
        }
    }

这段代码有很小的延迟，这对我的应用程序并不重要。但是要注意，如果要删除的目录中有很多子目录，那么延迟可能会成为一个问题。

当方法是异步的并像这样编码时，我解决了上述问题的一个可能实例:

// delete any existing update content folder for this update
if (await fileHelper.DirectoryExistsAsync(currentUpdateFolderPath))
       await fileHelper.DeleteDirectoryAsync(currentUpdateFolderPath);

用这个:

bool exists = false;                
if (await fileHelper.DirectoryExistsAsync(currentUpdateFolderPath))
    exists = true;

// delete any existing update content folder for this update
if (exists)
    await fileHelper.DeleteDirectoryAsync(currentUpdateFolderPath);

结论?去除用于检查存在的句柄有一些异步的方面，微软无法与之对话。这就好像if语句中的异步方法让if语句充当using语句一样。