Question

I created a winform application and then created a setup of that application. this application records some info at Application.StartupPath in a file. unfortunately i got exception when i try to write the file ‘Access to is denied’. Please guide me how can i get rid of that..

Thanks

Answer 1

You should never assume that the application startup path is writable by anyone besides system administrators, especially on modern Windows systems.

Instead of storing your file there, I’d suggest you use the folder returned by Environment.GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.ApplicationData). That folder is guaranteed to be writable by the current user.

You can find the Microsoft guidelines about this issue here.