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    copied!<p>I was trying to write a code so that I could log the error messages. I am trying to name the file with the date and would like to create a new log file for each day. After going through a little look around, I came with the following code...</p> <pre><code>class ErrorLog { public void WriteErrorToFile(string error) { //http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa326721.aspx refer for more info string fileName = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yy", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo); //@ symbol helps to ignore that escape sequence thing string filePath = @"c:\users\MyName\mydocuments\visual studio 2012\projects\training\" + @"discussionboard\ErrorLog\" + fileName + ".txt"; if (File.Exists(filePath)) { // File.SetAttributes(filePath, FileAttributes.Normal); File.WriteAllText(filePath, error); } else { Directory.CreateDirectory(filePath); // File.SetAttributes(filePath, FileAttributes.Normal) //Throws unauthorized access exception RemoveReadOnlyAccess(filePath); File.WriteAllText(filePath, error); } } public static void RemoveReadOnlyAccess(string pathToFile) { FileInfo myFileInfo = new FileInfo(pathToFile); myFileInfo.IsReadOnly = false; myFileInfo.Refresh(); } /*Exception thrown: * UnAuthorizedAccessException was unhandled. * Access to the path 'c:\users\anish\mydocuments\visual studio 2012\ * projects\training\discussionboard\ErrorLog\04\12\2013.txt' is denied. */ } </code></pre> <p>I found a forum that has discussed about a similar problem but using File.SetAttrributes(filePath, FileAttributes.Normal) did not help neither did the RemoveReadOnlyAccess (included in the code above). When I check the properties of the folder, it has read only marked but even when I tick that off it comes back again. I checked the permissions on the folder and except for the special permission, which I was not able to change, everything is allowed. Any suggestion on how I should proceed would be appreciated. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8821410/system-unauthorizedaccessexception-access-to-the-path-denied">Why is access to the path denied?</a> the link discusses about a similar problem, but I wasn't able to get my thing working with suggestions listed there.</p> <p>Thanks for taking time to look at this.</p>
 

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