Annoying problem

[Irhcsa]

I made a file called DeleteMe and now I'm trying to use c++ to find the program and delete it.

I have tried everything I can think of but I don't think I'm typing the path correctly or something. I went to the folder where it is located and simply copied the address.

Anyone have any insight?

 DeleteFile("C:\Program Files\DeleteMe");

[Hippogriff]

The \ are being seen as an escape sequence, either use \\ or /.
http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/escape

[Irhcsa]

DeleteFile("C:\\Program Files\\DeleteMe");

Didn't work either though. Is there something else I'm screwing up with the path? I copied and pasted it.

[Hippogriff]

What type of file is it? DeleteMe should normally have some type of extension you need to include there.

How are you checking it is not found?

[Irhcsa]

I made an empty folder and didn't do anything else to it. I placed it inside my program files. That is it.

[closed account 3R5fjE8b]

if it is a regular text document extension is .txt

[Irhcsa]

Anyone else know?

It's just an empty brand new folder I named DeleteMe.

I put it in the mycomputer>C drive>program files

[Lachlan Easton]

Assuming DeleteFile is the windows function to delete files. DeleteFile is only used to (wait for it) delete files, not folders. To delete a(n empty) directory (folder) use RemoveDirectory http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365488(v=vs.85).aspx

[Irhcsa]

Thanks Lachlan.