want to avoid System Volume Information folder path

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Hi Everyone.....

I want to search all sub directory within a directory
my code is

C#

DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(Search_Path);
DirectoryInfo[] direcorries = di.GetDirectories("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

but here i got an exception

C#

exception {"Access to the path 'F:\\System Volume Information\\' is denied."}	System.Exception {System.UnauthorizedAccessException}

but if i used

C#

DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
DirectoryInfo[] direcorries = di.GetDirectories("*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);

then it does not through an exception ....

why this happens?

I want to avoid this System Volume Information folder. How can i do that ??

Posted 13-Sep-12 22:20pm

krushna chandra jena

Updated 13-Sep-12 22:34pm

Malli_S

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2012-09-13T22:40:00

AFAIK, it would be difficult to skip them through code using any direct option. I looked for something similar if already discussed earlier and found this answer by SA: How to display accessible files only and skip inaccessible file?[^]

It looks like, you don't have a direct way to go through all skipping inaccessible folders by any setting. You need to handle those specific errors in a try-catch and move on. Not a good way but looks like the possible way to get you seek.