getting directory list in creation date order in .Net 3.0 [closed]

Answer 1

You should be able to use the DirectoryInfo class for this (requires .NET 4):

var di = new DirectoryInfo(theFolder);
var directories = di.EnumerateDirectories()
                    .OrderBy(d => d.CreationTime)
                    .Select(d => d.Name)
                    .ToList();

In .NET 3.0, you could use DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories, then sort the array afterwards using the same logic.

Answer 2

1) You can use Directory.GetDirectories to get a list of paths of all sub-directories.

2) One time got it convert the list of paths into the list of DirectoryInfo objects. Every DirectoryInfo contains FileSystemInfo.CreationTime property.

3) So the last thing that remains is to order a list based on that property.