Access denied...

[simplicitylabs]

I'm attempting to write a file to a removable drive. When the app gets to the point where it creates the StreamWriter, it's stops and tells me access to the *whatever*:\ drive denied. I have administrator rights, and have also given the app admin rights by "running as admin". Is there something I should be doing besides the usual to get this working? Is what I'm doing correct?

    private void button1\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string usbDriveLetter = listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();
        string sPath = usbDriveLetter;
        sPath = usbDriveLetter.ToString();
        StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(sPath);

    ...and so on

Thank you for your input.

[sam]

check!!may be your flash drive is write protected

[simplicitylabs]

Nope. Not write protected. I'm wondering, in the code I'm opening StreamWriter, but not actually writing anything yet. Could this be the problem?

[Martin 0]

HEllo, I don't think that a drive letter is a correct path argument for the StreamWriter Constructor. You should use a path to a file! All the best, Martin

[sam]

I think proplem is occuring because you are not providing any file name try to write like this string sPath = usbDriveLetter; sPath = usbDriveLetter.ToString()+"\\myFile.txt"; StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(sPath);

[simplicitylabs]

Even if the file doesn't exist yet? If that's the problem, boy do I feel like an idiot.

[Martin 0]

simplicitylabs wrote:

Even if the file doesn't exist yet?

Yes

simplicitylabs wrote:

If that's the problem, boy do I feel like an idiot

You shouldn't. But MSDN is your friend at this kind of proplems: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/36b035cb.aspx[^] All the best, Martin