Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\~\TextFiles\ActiveUsers.txt'

Question

I tried many ways to access a text file in my Visual Studio 2012 Solution from a folder named TextFiles

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Answer 1

I ran into a similar issue and ended up using

string sFileName = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(@"~/dirname/readme.txt");