Thread: RemoveDir Locking the Folder with UNC Path

I'm guessing the bin folder is empty, so what you could do is use the MSBuild Extension Pack Folder-RemoveContent task to remove everything from bin, but leave the folder behind . < MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.Folder TaskAction = "RemoveContent" Path = " \\DevServer\Services\TickerService\bin " /> Would be better to find out what has the handle, but it's another option for you....

Hi Ravi, Thanks for your feedback. I doesn't know any existing method to prevent this issue. One possible way is to write a custom task to delete the folder programmatically. The code logic will be: 1. Try to delete the folder with Try...Catch block; 2. If it catches IOException, wait for a time period then go to step 1; You can make the custom task to be configurable for wait time period and retry times limit. Hope it helps.   Hongye...

I was not able to reproduce this after wards.   May be it might have resolved by itself or it is a other environment issue.  I know this has occured previously.   I will close this thread.  In future If I get anything I will open the thread again.  Thanks for your feedback.