C# cannot find my word file

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I'm attempting to get C# to read a word file so I can write some text to another file but keep getting "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: 'Sorry, we couldn’t find your file. Is it possible it was moved, renamed or deleted?" The file is present. Am I missing something?

Thank you very much for your input.

What I have tried:

//read and write to word file
{
    string docPath = @"C:\Users\benjamin.johnson\Downloads\2020 - 20 - SC 2020 Quarterly Sustainment Release 8.2.docx";
    Application app = new Application();
    Document doc = app.Documents.Open(docPath);

    string allWords = doc.Content.Text;
    doc.Close();
    app.Quit();
}

Posted 28-Apr-20 4:40am

Benjaminj007

Updated 28-Apr-20 10:22am

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Maciej Los 28-Apr-20 13:29pm

Does Application refer to Word.Application?

Benjaminj007 28-Apr-20 16:22pm

Yes, that refers to the Word application.

2 solutions

Solution 2

1. go to folder containing target file
2. right click on target file
3. select "properties"
4. click "security" tab
5. copy file location and paste in C# (doc path)

Posted 28-Apr-20 10:23am

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W∴ Balboos, *GHB* · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28T05:07:00

Go to the folder where you can see the file and copy the link from its address bar. Paste that into your docPath, along with the file name. That, too, should be copy/pasted (use "rename" to get it - sometimes a hard-to-see typo is the problem).

For your personal interest, compare your original path string with what you get from the above method and see if they're different.