C#

private bool UserCanWrite()
{
    try
    {
        WriteToLog("Test", LogFiles.Test);

        string TestLogPath = "Failed.Log";

        if (BaseDirectory.Length == 0)
        {
            TestLogPath = string.Format("C:\\{0}", TestLogPath);
        }
        else
        {
            TestLogPath = string.Format("{0}\\{1}", BaseDirectory, TestLogPath);
        }

        FileInfo TestLog = new FileInfo(TestLogPath);
        TestLog.Delete();

        return true;
    }

    catch
    {
        MessageBox.Show("You Don't have Read, Write and Delete privileges on the selected Base Directory\n\nPlease have your System Administrator grant those privileges before proceeding", "Higher Level of Privileges Needed", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
        return false;
    }