Question

I am trying to read a text file, which is shipped as an asset in a Metro app. I am receiving an access denied error, if specifying the file path as “ms-appx:///Assets/file.txt”. Clearly I need to set some capability to access installation location folder. I tried enabling all capabilities in manifest designer, but still the same error. Please suggest.

Answer 1

Try this:

StorageFile file = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(
    new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/file.txt"));
Stream stream = await file.OpenStreamForReadAsync();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);