Application throws Exception by running without admin privileges

[unleashsiva]

Hi,

I developed an VB.Net application using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. I created an msi for that application. After installing the msi package, the application runs perfectly with Admin privileges. If i log into some other user account where they dont have admin privileges, it throws the following error.

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Unautho rizedAccessExce ption' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Access to the path "C:\Program Files\Sasken\Ne tSim\NS.txt" is denied.

The code i had written is:
Private userData As FileStream
userData = New FileStream(Appl ication.Startup Path + "\NS.txt",FileM ode.OpenOrCreat e)

Please help me to solve this issue.

Regards,
Siva.

[debasisdas]

The error message is self explanatory.

The is simple the non-admin user does not have previliges on the file your application is trying to access. You need to change the previliges of your system settings not the application.

[unleashsiva]

Priliges of the system settings cannot be modified by the non-
Admin users. And moreover the NS.txt file will be created when we install that application. So, how to mofify in code so that all users can access that file.

[r035198x]

Priliges of the system settings cannot be modified by the non-
Admin users. And moreover the NS.txt file will be created when we install that application. So, how to mofify in code so that all users can access that file.

Have a look at the Directory Services namespace and see what it can do for you.