How to avoid “WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied”

Question

There\'s the script to re-create folder:

# Remove folder (if exists) with all files
if os.path.isdir(str(os.path.realpath(\'..\') + \"\\\\my_folder\")):
             


        

Answer 1

It happens because you are not checking if you have permissions to open that path. You need to change the permissions on those folders.