Is there any alternative for System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Exists

Question

The System.IO.DirectoryInfo.Exists always return false if i am giving a UNC like this \\\\192.168.0.33\\Others (F).

and it occurs only when I r

Answer 1

To access UNC file, you need to first connect to the network location by providing credentials and opening the connection to the network share, after that you can run DirectoryInfo.Exists

Look into P/Invoke to WNetAddConnection2 / NetUseAdd and pass the username/password- then you should be able to access the file / folder info.

Edit:

Try this class I made to connect to UNC paths: http://www.mediafire.com/?77ae4ratoqa7s4b