The Directory.EnumerateFiles method returns an enumerable collection of file names in the specified directory.
string root = @"C:Temp"; // Get a list of all subdirectories var files = from file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(root)select file; Console.WriteLine("Files: {0}", files.Count().ToString()); Console.WriteLine("List of Files"); foreach (var file in files) { Console.WriteLine("{0}", file); }