Problems
- UnAuthorizedAccessException: When searching a directory recursively such as C:\
A "Access to the path 'c:\Documents and Settings\' is denied." Occurs even with UAC Priveledges upgraded & Administrator group access.
Attempted Methods
- Try & Catch: Using either one of these methods(Exception, UnAuthorizedAccessException, Blank Catch, continue)
Questions
- How do you handle this kind of exception and continue running your program as normal? This needs to work both on non-admin and administrator accounts.
Example Code
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace filecheck
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int i = 0;
int html = 0;
try
{
string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\", "*.html", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
foreach (string files in filePaths)
{
if (Convert.ToBoolean(files.IndexOf("html")))
{
html++;
}
Console.WriteLine(files);
i++;
}
Console.Write("# Files found: {0} Html: {1)", i, html);
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
}
}
}
}