Saving Bitmap results in GDI+ Generic Error C#

Question

I'm trying to execute the following code in a Windows Console Application.

using (Bitmap bmpScreenshot = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb))
    using (Graphics gfxScreenshot = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenshot))
    {
        gfxScreenshot.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y, 0, 0, Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);

        Bitmap b = new Bitmap(bmpScreenshot);
        b.Save("image.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
    }

However, this gives me the following error:

A Generic error happened in GDI+ at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)
   ved System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format)

Now, the weird thing is, If I run this program as "Run as Administrator" I don't get this error, and it works as intended.

The reason I don't want it to be "Run as Administrator" is that I need to it run on Computer Startup without using external VBScripts and other stuff like that.

How do I resolve this?

yopu probably don't have write access to the folder. You really ought to use a path to a suitable folder! — TaW, Jul 27 '17 at 10:22
@TaW I tried switching the path to C:\image.jpg but it's still giving me the same error. — Kevin Jensen Petersen, Jul 27 '17 at 10:31
Well the root of the system disk is not a good choice either as it also has limited access. Try some other folder. Note that the generic gdi error is a catchall error for all sorts of errors, so this is just __one__ common cause. — TaW, Jul 27 '17 at 10:49
@TaW I tried with the folder C:\RDP\image.jpg then it worked! — Kevin Jensen Petersen, Jul 27 '17 at 10:57
Duplicate of [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15571022/how-to-find-reason-for-generic-gdi-error-when-saving-an-image?rq=1) — TaW, Jul 27 '17 at 11:03

Saving Bitmap results in GDI+ Generic Error C#

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