Form1.vb Dim myFolder As String Dim appSet As New System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader myFolder = appSet.GetValue("folder", GetType(String)) For Each myDir As String In Directory.GetDirectories(myFolder) Try Directory.Delete(myDir, True) Catch ex As Exception Continue For End Try Next For Each myFile As String In Directory.GetFiles(myFolder) Try File.Delete(myFile) Catch ex As Exception Continue For End Try Next App.config <appSettings> <add key="folder" value="C:\TEST\New folder (2)\New folder"/> </appSettings>