Question

string[] targetFile = File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\d.txt");

I get “Could not find file”.

I’m sure there is a d.txt at the root of C, any suggestions?
i made a subdirectory called apples so c:\apples\d.txt i could still not read it.

this guy had the same exact problem
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/system-io-file-exists-windows-7-a-t3915728p2.html

I’ve tried running as administrator.

Answer 1

It may be due to UAC and root access restriction for regular users. See this.

From UAC docs:

Non-administrator users cannot create files on the system root drive,
for example, c:\