Access to the path 'C:\Users\xxx\Desktop' is denied

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Answer 1

You may have to run your program/IDE as Administrator to access that folder. I'm not exactly sure why, but I've had the same problem. Something to do with default Windows permissions. Let us know if it works!

Edit:

The path leads to a folder - not a file. I believe FileStreams in C-based languages must actually point to a file, rather than a directory: ie. C:\Users\Username\Desktop\file.extension