Why Access path denied?

Question

I'm trying to read a text file with File.ReadAllText and FileStream, but for some reason I get the System.UnauthorizedAccessException every time.

 class consultas
{
    public consultas()
    {


    }

    private string Inativos = @"C:\Users\Mathias Cruz\Desktop\helloWorld\helloWorld\Consultas";

    public string getInativos()
    {
        try
        {
            // string path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            this.Inativos = File.ReadAllText(this.Inativos);

        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            throw e;


        }
        return this.Inativos;


    }
}

Why? I have permissions in that folder, so why do I get this exception?

Give this post a try: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4877741/access-to-the-path-is-denied — pasotee, Apr 01 '17 at 04:47

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '17 at 04:55

5

Based on your code, you are either trying to read a Folder since you didn't specify a extension on your File Path here:

private string Inativos = @"C:\Users\Mathias Cruz\Desktop\helloWorld\helloWorld\Consultas";

It will definitely throw a UnauthorizedAccessException error. So make sure you have the exact file path together with its extension.

answered Apr 01 '17 at 04:55

Willy David Jr

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Thanks man, i forget this detail kkkkkkkk thanks again. – Mathias Augusto da Cruz Apr 01 '17 at 20:51

Morteza Asadi · Answer 2 · 2020-10-27T21:11:18.670

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Because the path is a directory. Please check your file address. This method needs a file address. Here is a sample code:

File.ReadAllText("C:\\yourfile.txt");

edited Oct 27 '20 at 21:11

answered Apr 01 '17 at 05:01

Morteza Asadi

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Why Access path denied?

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