System.UnauthorizedAccessException was unhandled

Question

I am getting a access denied exception. How can I fix this?

Here is the exception:

System.UnauthorizedAccessException was unhandled HResult=-214

Answer 1

You need to set the FileAtrributes property of the File to Normal before accessing the file.

Try This:

public static void WriteToFile(string s)
    {
        String path=@"c:\message.txt";
        if(File.Exists(path))
        {
        File.SetAttributes(path, FileAttributes.Normal);
        fs = new FileStream(path,
        FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write);
        sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
        sw.WriteLine(s);
        sw.Flush();
        sw.Close();
        fs.Close();
        }
        else
        {
        MessageBox.Show("File not Found!");
        }
    }