Are you an adiministrator in your environment? If not you may not be able to change properties of a folder.
I am an administrator and can do everything on my machine including marking folders as readonly and vice versa except the one generated by the c# code.
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// Specify the directory you want to manipulate.
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string path = @"C:\Program Files\TestDirectory";
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try
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{
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// Determine whether the directory exists.
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if (Directory.Exists(path))
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{
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MessageBox.Show("That path exists already.");
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return;
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}
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// Try to create the directory
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DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
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AddDirectorySecurity(path,"Dale", FileSystemRights.FullControl, AccessControlType.Allow);
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MessageBox.Show("The directory was created successfully at", Directory.GetCreationTime(path).ToString());
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}
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catch (Exception ex)
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{
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MessageBox.Show("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
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}
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finally
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{
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}
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public static void AddDirectorySecurity(string FileName, string Account, FileSystemRights Rights, AccessControlType ControlType)
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{
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// Create a new DirectoryInfo object.
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DirectoryInfo dInfo = new DirectoryInfo(FileName);
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// Get a DirectorySecurity object that represents the
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// current security settings.
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DirectorySecurity dSecurity = dInfo.GetAccessControl();
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// Add the FileSystemAccessRule to the security settings.
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dSecurity.AddAccessRule(new FileSystemAccessRule(Account,
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Rights,
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ControlType));
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// Set the new access settings.
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// Set the new access settings.
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dInfo.SetAccessControl(dSecurity);
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}
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the create directory is mine, the AddDirectorySecurity was a sad attempt in removing the readonly property which never worked.
I was trying to understand the overloaded function for createdirectory (path,directorysecurity) but i have been yet to figure that out.
any help form the pro's would be greatly welcomed.
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