id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 12306 boost::filesystem::remove_all(const path& p, system::error_code& ec) throws while it shouldn't christophe.calmejane@… Beman Dawes "This issue has been reported 4y ago (boost 1.50.0) but it's still here. But I have an easier way to reproduce it. On a windows OS (I used win 8.1), create a folder somewhere, and use the windows properties on it to deny all access to it for you (FullAccess:Deny). Now, try to boost::filesystem::remove_all(folderPath, ec) on it. It will throw!" Bugs new To Be Determined filesystem Boost 1.59.0 Problem remove_all throw