title: How do I delete a folder and it's contents, without putting them in the recycle bin?
body: <p>I am creating a program to run file I/O stress on a drive and when it is done, I want to delete the files, but don't want to put them in the recycle bin. Here is the code I have now:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public static void DeleteDirectory(string target_dir)
      {
          //Delete the files and folders created during stress.
          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);
          }
          Thread.Sleep(30);
          Directory.Delete(target_dir, true);
      }        
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this  code just moves the files to the recycle bin. I don't want to add code to automatically empty the recycle bin as there may be files in there I don't want to delete (the files might belong to someone else).</p>
  
  <p>NOTE: From the replies this has gotten so far, it seems people might be misunderstanding what I am trying to do here. When my program deletes files, it is sending them to the Recycle Bin. I do NOT want that to happen, I want to delete the files immediately. I do not see any way to tell the system to delete the files WITHOUT sending them to the Recycle Bin. I will never need to restore the files. It is defaulting to sending to the Recycle Bin, but I don't see any way to change this. Please, if possible, edit the code I have posted to have it delete the files immediately. I am a beginning to novice C# user.</p>