Hi,

   i am trying to delete a temp folder(which stores copies of attachments) as soon as a mail is sent. the problem is the original attachments are kept in another machine(directory is mapped). When i execute the code locally, the folder is deleted and the app works perfectly. However, when i deploy the app(on another machine) and perform the same function, the path to the mapped directory is deleted. Can somebody help me out with this. The code that i have written to delete the temp folder(in which the attachment copies are kept) is as follows:

the attachments are deleted once the email is sent(that works properly)

tempfolder =Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "Foldername";

Directory.Delete(tempfolder,true);



achhetri

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achhetri

What you've written here is a little confusing. Are you saying that when on the local machine, the delete action succeeds? And when you run on the remote machine that the delete action fails? Are you saying that on the remote machine the path to the mapped directory does not exist?

Mapped drives are tricky. Usually the drive mapping is specific to the logged on user. If you log on then map a drive, the operating system doesn't see the mapped drive outside of the user context. So if you have a site running in IIS, it won't see the drive letter. I have tried in the past to set up drive mappings on the system level and I didn't have any success. Can you access the network location with an UNC address (\\machineName\shareName\dir\dir...)?

-Peter
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