How to access shared folder using ProcessStartInfo

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I want to open a shared folder in my server and the code is:

C#

ProcessStartInfo si = new ProcessStartInfo("explorer.exe", @"/root,\\172.16.242.41\photos");
si.UserName = textEdit2.Text;
System.Security.SecureString ss = new System.Security.SecureString();
foreach (char c in textEdit4.Text.ToCharArray())
   ss.AppendChar(c);
si.Password = ss;
si.UseShellExecute = false;
Process.Start(si);

No matter how I try, I always get "Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password".

My server doesn't belong to any domain. It belongs to workgroup.
Is it the reason?

Posted 10-Jun-14 2:17am

orgilhp

Updated 10-Jun-14 6:59am

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[no name] 10-Jun-14 13:02pm

Why are you going through all of this at all? If the folder is shared, why are you not just doing "Process.Start(path-to-your-folder);"? None of the rest of the code should be necessary.

TcJoshJohnson 11-Jun-14 19:56pm

You're trying to start the explorer process as the remote machine's user, which isn't possible. You need to PInvoke the WNetUseConnection method to authenticate with the remote server via username/password. WNetUseconnection Doc: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa385482%28VS.85%29.aspx

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TheSqlGuy · Answer 1 · 2014-06-20T17:05:00

Solution 1

You should be able to do this using the code below to open the folder:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(networkPathHere)

Posted 20-Jun-14 17:05pm

TheSqlGuy

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TcJoshJohnson 27-Jun-14 13:06pm

This won't work for orgilhp as the share in question is requiring a login, which needs to be provided programmatically.