Win32Exception: The directory name is invalid

Question

I\'m trying to run a process as a different user that has Administrator privilege in 2 different computers running Vista and their UAC enabled but in one of them I get a Win

Answer 1

Try to replace

pInfo.WorkingDirectory = New System.IO.FileInfo(myFile).DirectoryName;

with

pInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(myFile);

The FileInfo makes an access to the filesystem, and I would assume only the admin user has access to that directory. If it doesn't solve your problem, at least it will make your code a tiny bit faster...