I made a C# windows App program that will search In the C drive for the folder that the user enters in a text box, the search will begin after the user presses a button. The problem is that I'm getting an exception telling me:
Access To The Path 'C:\Documents and Settings' is Denied
How can I spot any folder/file in the C drive (or any other drive)that I don't have Access to, and change its permission via my C# program to access granted or something, so that I could continue my search ?
In Linux there is chmod, but I don't know about windows .. Please Help :)
The Search Code:
string operationSucceeded = "Operation Completed Successfully";
Exception NoFilesFound = new Exception("No File(s) Found In Specified Directory");
List<string> foundFolders = new List<string>();
private void button5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
Search_In_For("C:\\", WantedFile_Folder_TextBox.Text);
if (foundFolders == null) throw NoFilesFound;
for (int i = 0; i < foundFolders.Count; i++)
SearchResultsTextBox.Text += (foundFolders[i] + "\n");
MessageBox.Show(operationSucceeded);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
delegate void SearchDelegate(string searchDir, string wanted);
private void Search_In_For(string searchDir, string wanted)
{
string[] foldersInThisDir = Directory.GetDirectories(searchDir);
if (foldersInThisDir.Length == 0) return;
for (int i = 0; i < foldersInThisDir.Length; i++)
if (foldersInThisDir[i].Contains(wanted))
foundFolders.Add(foldersInThisDir[i]);
SearchDelegate sd = new SearchDelegate(Search_In_For);
for (int i = 0; i < foldersInThisDir.Length; i++)
sd(foldersInThisDir[i] , wanted);
}
