IOException access denied when Directory.Move subfolder and parent folder

Question

I am trying to rename multiple folders that have subfolders, but when I use Directory.Move() on a subfolder the parent folder seem to get locked up.

My code:

var pathParent = @"D:\test\f1";
var pathSub = @"D:\test\f1\f2";

var pathParentnew = @"D:\test\f1new";
var pathSubnew = @"D:\test\f1\f2new";

Directory.Move(pathSub, pathSubnew);
Directory.Move(pathParent, pathParentnew);

The last Directory.Move() throws an

IOException: Access to "D:\test\f1" is denied

Does anyone know how I can rename both folders?

Actually, it worked the first time I ran it. If I rename the folders back to the original names and run it again, it throws the exception. — Jompa234, Sep 25 '13 at 10:56
Funny but I tried also what you say. First time it works, I renamed folders back to the original names, then I run, and still works :) — Soner Gönül, Sep 25 '13 at 11:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '13 at 12:53

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I figured out what the problem was. I had to close File Explorer in Windows. The process was locking up the folders somehow.

answered Sep 25 '13 at 12:53

Jompa234

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That's strange, a PARENT folder was opened for my case and that was the locking issue... – Jérôme MEVEL May 10 '16 at 08:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '13 at 10:22

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Your program has previously opened a file in the parent directory. You need to close that file stream before it will let you rename the folder.

answered Sep 25 '13 at 10:22

Weyland Yutani

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Tnx for he reply. Do you know how I can do that? – Jompa234 Sep 25 '13 at 10:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '14 at 09:28

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Try this ..

 DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(oldpath);
 dirInfo.MoveTo(newPath);

answered Dec 03 '14 at 09:28

Jidheesh Rajan

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IOException access denied when Directory.Move subfolder and parent folder

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