System.UnauthorizedAccessException

Hello There,

i made a simple program to edit the notepad file...using C# ..but i get this error

Code:

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System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "C:\MyFolder\MySystem\MySystem.INI" is denied.

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when i try to run it in a user that has no administrative privileged...

is there any way that it forcely edit the file?..i dnt know what method will be use...right now,i study impersonation but i don't know if this is the solution...

this my code...

Code:

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private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
                {
                        try
                        {
                                ReplaceInFile(@"C:\MyFolder\MySystem\MySystem.INI","58.71.17.62","mlserver.company.com");
                                ReplaceInFile(@"C:\MyFolder\MySystem\MySystem.INI","192.168.12.100","mlserver.company.com");
                                ReplaceInFile(@"C:\MyFolder\MySystem\MySystem.INI","mlmysqlchatra","mlserver.company.com");
                        }
                        catch (Exception ex)
                        {
                                throw ex;
                        }
                }

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Code:

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static public void ReplaceInFile(string filePath,string searchText,string replaceText)
                {
                                               
                        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath);
                        string content = reader.ReadToEnd();
                        reader.Close();

                        content = Regex.Replace(content,searchText,replaceText);
                       
                        StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filePath);
                        writer.Write(content);
                        writer.Close();

                }

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hope you can help me..thank you

Which operating system are you using?

im using windows xp.

So you are saying that you want to edit a file that requires admin privs to edit without having these privs?

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Originally Posted by Cyb3rH4Xter

So you are saying that you want to edit a file that requires admin privs to edit without having these privs?

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yes sir..right now i was thinking of using impersonation...but i dont know if this is the solution...

I am sorry but I don't know a way to do that.
Found this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...istrative-user

Where the conclusion is that you can't edit it without the admin rights. It would kinda be a flaw in Windows if you could do that.