List all files and directories in a directory + subdirectories

Question

I want to list every file and directory contained in a directory and subdirectories of that directory. If I chose C:\\ as the directory, the program would get every name of

Answer 1

Directory.GetFileSystemEntries exists in .NET 4.0+ and returns both files and directories. Call it like so:

string[] entries = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(path, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

Note that it won't cope with attempts to list the contents of subdirectories that you don't have access to (UnauthorizedAccessException), but it may be sufficient for your needs.