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Asked: 2026-05-23T12:58:10+00:00

string windowsDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(ProgramFiles); string mydirecoty = windowsDirectory + \\ + NetServices\\; if (!Directory.Exists(mydirecoty))

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string windowsDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ProgramFiles");
string mydirecoty = windowsDirectory + "\\" + "NetServices\\";

if (!Directory.Exists(mydirecoty))
  {
    Directory.CreateDirectory(mydirecoty); //Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\NetServices\' is denied.
  }

exception is thrown when I run my .net application without Administrator account. While If I try to create directory in other then C:\ drive like D:\ it runs fine.

What is solution that I want to create directory in Program Files/ Windows folder?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The C:\program files folder is protected (by design) in Vista and Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2) – normal user accounts do not have any permission to create directories in there – it’s a system folder.

    Either you need to run as admin – then you have permission to create directories even in protected system folders – or you create the directories elsewhere and not inside a protected system folder. The second option would be the recommended and preferred option.

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