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Could not find a part of the path and access denied

I have 2 problems which I think are related and need some help with. I am writing a small program to clean some temp directories.

1) I get the following error when I run this code anywhere in my program
System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\")

DirectoryNotFoundException was unhandled
Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files'.

Basically I am trying to clean the temporary internet files folder. I am assuming that because it is a hidden folder the program cannot see it.

2) My program is getting the following error when attempting to delete the files
Access to the path 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\test.txt' is denied.

Wierd thing is that 98% of the files in this directory it will delete but has a problem with a few. (It is not because they are in use). The current user can manual delete this file with no problems but the program cannot. It seems as though it is a permission problem but I am not sure why. I have tried adding everyone with full control to the file and the file still cannot be deleted. I am currently running on vista.

Thanks for the help.

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inimicaljords

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hard coding or using environment variables didn't change anything. Same result.

I know cleaning temp internet files for a user can be done from that user account and not the administrator. I have used many programs that can accomplish this. I just can't figure out why the program cannot see the folder but the user can.

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gisTimmy

inimicaljords, Thanks for the points. I don't have any experience with Vista security yet, but FWIW, have you seen these links about the internet cache in Vista and IE protected mode?

Code Project - A Developer's Survival Guide to IE Protected Mode
This one is in C++, but informative to me:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista-security/PMSurvivalGuide.aspx

IEBlog - Protected Mode in Vista IE7
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/02/09/528963.aspx

MSDN
Understanding and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb250462.aspx

Best o' luck,

gisTimmy

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Change your Programs app.manifest file to look something like the code snippet. Change your project settings to compile a user created/modified Manifest, this will request Admin Rights before running.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
        <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
                <security>
                        <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
                                
                                <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"/>
                        </requestedPrivileges>
                </security>
        </trustInfo>
</assembly>

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