Question

I am trying to read the chrome bookmark file within a windows 8 app. Problem is I am getting the ‘System.UnauthorizedAccessException’ exception. So basically you have to register a file type association in the app manifest but the file has no extension.

File: C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks

Is this even possible in windows 8 apps?

UPDATE

Here is my file access code:

 public async Task<string> ReadFile(string filename)
        {
            if (await FileExists(filename))
            {
                var file = await Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation.GetFileAsync(filename);
                var stream = await file.OpenReadAsync();
                var reader = new StreamReader(stream.AsStream());
                return await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
            }
            else return string.Empty;
        }

Answer 1

Windows 8 app cannot access any random file system location. It can only access

• Application Folder (which is specific to your app)
• Common Folders like My Pictures, My Video and similar

See this article for complete details