Directory.Exists not working for a network path

Question

I have a line of code checking if a directory exists and then getting the list of files in it.

System.IO.Directory.Exists(@\"\\\\Server\\Folder\\\");
         


        

Answer 1

I was was getting this error with code a UNC that looked like this:

@"\Server01\c$\Data\SubFolder"

I made an explicit share and got rid of the c$ and made it look like this:

@"\Server01\TheData\SubFolder"

and it started to work.

I am not 100% sure that is what fixed the permissions problem, but it started to work immediately after making that change.