StorageFolder in windows 8

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StorageFolder storageFolder = await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathAsync(path);

path is string for example c:\\myImages\\wedding
i am not able to fetch the folder using the specified code..??
getting error "Access is Denied"??
please help me out

also i want to fetch all the image files in specified path folder?
IAsyncOperation<storagefile> fileList = StorageFile.GetFileFromPathAsync(path);
this isn't providing me any solution......

Posted 8-Oct-12 17:46pm

Punjabi Nikki

Updated 8-Oct-12 17:54pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Oct-12 0:05am

Which part of "access is denied" is not clear?
--SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-08T18:05:00

Solution 1

Isn't this obvious? Your application does not have enough privileges to access the file. The path name "c:\myImages\wedding" (not "c:\\myImages\\wedding"!) is normally illegal path for the user mode. Of course, the user can always run your application as administrator, or change the file system permission for some object, but this is just not right way of doing things. Rather, you should use legal directories for your work, those predefined for each user's account of for "all users".

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Posted 8-Oct-12 18:05pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Oct-12 1:24am

[OP commented:]

@Alexandrovich : so you are telling that i should replace c:\\myimages\\wedding with c:\myImages\wedding???

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Oct-12 1:27am

No! I just pointed out that your "c:\\myimages\\wedding" is not the real value of the string; "\\" is just the C++ escape of '\'; so the initialization someString = "c:\\myimages\\wedding" gives you the value "c:\myimages\wedding".

Please don't post such comments as "solutions"; they will be removed, no one receives notifications.
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Punjabi Nikki 9-Oct-12 1:50am

so may i know why i am not able to get the storageFolder from path??

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Oct-12 9:53am

Most likely, due to access to the directory, as I explained. You can see it by yourself.
Is the lack of your access a reason to vote 2, I wonder? :-)
Do right thing; and you'll be all right.
--SA