How to give Read/Write permissions to a Folder during installation using .NET

Question

I have a Setup project that I have build using Visual Studio 2010.

The installer works fine in terms of installing the application and all its dependencies into thei

Answer 1

DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(path[x]);

DirectorySecurity security = info.GetAccessControl();

security.AddAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule(logonName, FileSystemRights.Modify, InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit, PropagationFlags.None, AccessControlType.Allow));

security.AddAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule(logonName, FileSystemRights.Modify, InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit, PropagationFlags.None, AccessControlType.Allow));

info.SetAccessControl(security); 

Setting the inherit part is also important if you want to save and access more than just one file in the ProgramData folder.