Creating XML file with write access given to all the windows account users

Question

I am creating an XML file in the common application folder using C#:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\Application Data\\

File will be created when applicatio

Answer 1

I had a similar problem with a service install. You can use the following code to give a folder different permissions.

public static void CreateWithFullAccess(string targetDirectory)
    {
        try
        {
            if (!Directory.Exists(targetDirectory))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDirectory);
            }
            DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(targetDirectory);
            SecurityIdentifier allUsersSid =
            new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.LocalServiceSid,
            null);
            DirectorySecurity security = info.GetAccessControl();
            security.AddAccessRule(
            new FileSystemAccessRule(allUsersSid,
            FileSystemRights.FullControl,
            AccessControlType.Allow));
            info.SetAccessControl(security);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
    }