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c#windowsprocessfile-not-foundbcdedit
Misaz
Misaz

Reputation: 3985

C# can't see windows program

I am creating a program that has to work with Windows system programs like a C:\windows\System32\bcdedit.exe. If I try to reach for example mspaint it works good.

IO.File.Exists(@"C:\windows\System32\mspaint.exe") // return true

but

IO.File.Exists(@"C:\windows\System32\bcdedit.exe") // return false

This returns false but the file really exists. I can see it in windows explorer and I can start it from the command line. Only for my c# application is this file unreachable. When I want to start it I get the error Win32Exception with the message:

The system cannot find the file specified

And when I "ask" if the file exists (by code above) it returns false.

Why?

Upvotes: -1

Views: 246

Answers (1)

casillas
casillas

Reputation: 16793

Try the following, this should return true.

IO.File.Exists(@"C:\windows\System32\bcdedit.exe");

Here is an example to test:

string curFile = @"C:\windows\System32\bcdedit.exe";
Console.WriteLine(File.Exists(curFile) ? "File exists." : "File does not exist.");

Reference:https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.exists(v=vs.110).aspx

If that does not work, then most likely issue is x64 or x86. Therefore you should configure your build to AnyCPU and test it again.

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More information could be found here.

Upvotes: 0

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