How to copy file from network drive to local drive using C#?

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I have few set of zip files on network drive with credentials to login to the folder. Files gets added on daily basis. I need to write a program to copy file from network drive to the local drive considering today's date. I have no idea on how to start with it. Can I get some help on approach?

What I have tried:

I am not sure if it is right but i tried WindowsIdentity and Impersonation.

Posted 6-Aug-18 21:33pm

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Updated 6-Aug-18 22:14pm

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FranzBe 7-Aug-18 4:13am

you may want to look here
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6847/Map-Network-Drive-API
or here
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/662504/Extended-Windows-Service-Controller

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-08-06T22:14:00

If you are going to do this a lot, the best solution is to set up the share on the network device as a virtual disk on the local machine: this is called "mapping a network drive"
How to Map a Network Drive in Windows 10[^]
You then have a drive letter - "Z:" for example - which directly accesses the folder containing the files you are interested in, and you can treat is as a "normal" folder on your own computer. Windows will re-establish the link on power up, provided that the remote computer is available.