create file on localhost (Web server physical path)

Question

Currently I am working on asp.net website and I am not very much familiar with asp.net. I have a WebForm and when user clicks on Submit button a .txt file should be get created on server(Text File name is ID entered by user which is unique.)
I used following to create the file.

File.Create( Server.MapPath("~") + id + @".txt");

But this gives me error when the site is running on the localhost of my pc.
Access to the path 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot\XXX\YYY.txt' is denied.

This is something related with access permission. What should I do to fix this. Please advice me.

Wont work on windows 7. Try changing the drive nd it will work. — Bhushan Firake, Feb 12 '13 at 06:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '13 at 06:40

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Add write permission for NETWORK SERVICE to the folder in question.

answered Feb 12 '13 at 06:40

IrishChieftain

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To the wwwRoot or XXX folder? – New Developer Feb 12 '13 at 06:43
Tried that but same error comes.Is it ok to set this to wwwRoot? – New Developer Feb 12 '13 at 06:45
What OS/IIS and version of ASP.NET are you using? – IrishChieftain Feb 12 '13 at 06:49
I am using Windows 7, IIS 7 and .net 3.5. It seems to be working if I give the write access to IIS user. – New Developer Feb 12 '13 at 06:55
As I mentioned above I was able to fix my issue by giving accesss to the iis user. Thanks for the clue you gave which helped to fix my issue. Thanks for the support and quick response. :) – New Developer Feb 12 '13 at 07:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 18:15

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File.Create(@"\\127.0.0.1\www\test\test.txt");

answered Feb 27 '14 at 18:15

Youssef Had

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create file on localhost (Web server physical path)

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