I've tried various methods to search for files, but each time I encounter a "acces denied" error, which stops the search.

Is there a way to scan for files, and skip the files it doesn't have access to, or force access to it?

I want to gather all exe's on a specific drive.

This works, when there are no restricted files/paths

Dim searchResults As String() = Directory.GetFiles(cboDrives.Text, "*.exe", SearchOption.AllDirectories)