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VS 2008 [VB.net]Get Files Based On Creation Date(Most recent created files)

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I am trying to get a way to list all the files in a directory via datewise in descending order(Example 40 files) i.e most recent created 40 files only. I have searched throughout the internet, but cannot get a right way to do this. Here is what i tried

Code:

Dim files() As String = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Dir)

            Dim fileComparer As IComparer = New CompareFileByDate()
            Array.Sort(files, fileComparer)
            Array.Reverse(files)

            For Each f As String In files
             
                d.BeginInvoke(f, Dir.Replace(scandir, ""), Nothing, Nothing)
           
            Next


Public Class CompareFileByDate
    Implements IComparer

    Public Function Compare(ByVal a As Object, ByVal b As Object) As Integer Implements System.Collections.IComparer.Compare

        Dim fia As FileInfo = New FileInfo(a.ToString)
        Dim fib As FileInfo = New FileInfo(b.ToString)

        Dim cta As DateTime = fia.LastWriteTime
        Dim ctb As DateTime = fib.LastWriteTime

        Return DateTime.Compare(cta, ctb)
    End Function

End Class

Above code didnt worked.

Second i tried this one also

Code:

Dim files() As IO.FileInfo = New IO.DirectoryInfo(Dir).GetFiles("*.txt").OrderByDescending(Function(fi) fi.LastWriteTime).ToArray
Didnt worked as well.

How can i acheive the target ?

Thanks

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