CreateFile()/ fopen() faild with Error Access Denied (5)

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Hello,

I wrote a previewhandler for the explorer inside a dll.
The prevhost.exe has the same rights as the User.
I want to write a temporary file in the temporary directory
(or any other directory), but if I called the
function CreateFile() or fopen to write
or append anything to an existing file the function failed
with the error 5 - access denied.

Reading a file doesn't fail.

thank you

Posted 10-May-12 20:34pm

asschilling

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asschilling · Answer 1 · 2013-03-20T20:55:00

Solution 2

In the preview-handler - I can only write in a LocalLow-directory like
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\LocalLow\<temp>

thanks

Posted 20-Mar-13 20:55pm

asschilling

Bernhard Hiller · Answer 2 · 2012-05-10T21:51:00

"append": if a file is already in use, you'll likely get an access denied error (ok, in case of sharing it can work). Hence check that the file you want to write does not yet exist.
Are you sure that you write to the correct temporary directory? A user must not write to C:\Windows\Temp... Check with Windows explorer that you can create a file manually where you want to create your temporary file.

H.Brydon · Answer 3 · 2013-03-21T06:30:00

As stated in solution #1, you can get this if the file is open with write or otherwise unshared access in another process. When you are developing software, it is common to write a version of your program which does not close files or terminate properly ... so an older errant version of your program could be holding the file open.

Several workarounds:
- Use a randomized filename to write/append to, so that you are opening a new file every time you run your program
- Reboot

Once you have your program debugged and working properly, change the logic to use the static filename.

CreateFile()/ fopen() faild with Error Access Denied (5)

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