Find out File Owner/Creator in C#

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Getting / setting file owner in C#

I searched the Internet but didn't found out how to get the File Creator/Owner In the FileInfo Class are only other Attributes like lastAccessTime, Size, but not the Owner/Creator.

Does somebody know the answer?

Don't forget to upvote the answer on the other question if it helped you! ;) — George Johnston, Sep 16 '11 at 13:17

Olivier · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-07T16:06:40.927

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string user = System.IO.File.GetAccessControl(path).GetOwner(typeof(System.Security.Principal.NTAccount)).ToString();

[EDIT] for newer .net versions, you will need to install System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl

edited Oct 07 '22 at 16:06

answered Sep 16 '11 at 13:18

Olivier

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That's what I was searching for, thanks! – Alex Sep 16 '11 at 14:02
Any way to do this in .NET 6? – Marc van Nieuwenhuijzen Oct 07 '22 at 11:53

Find out File Owner/Creator in C#

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