c# ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory - the process cannot access the file “path_to_the_zip_file_created.zip” because it is being used by another process

Question

Basic Code:

string startPath = @\"C:\\intel\\logs\";
string zipPath = @\"C:\\intel\\logs-\" + DateTime.Now.ToString(\"         


        

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem. The workaround is to copy the folder you are zipping to another folder and point CreateFromDirectory there. Don't ask me why this works but it does.

Directory.CreateDirectory();
File.Copy();
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(, );