i have problem with sharing a folder through programming using c#?
- by moon
here is my code it shares the folder but that does not work correctly when i want to access it , it shows access denied help required,
private static void ShareFolder(string FolderPath, string ShareName, string Description)
{
try
{
// Create a ManagementClass object
ManagementClass managementClass = new ManagementClass("Win32_Share");
// Create ManagementBaseObjects for in and out parameters
ManagementBaseObject inParams = managementClass.GetMethodParameters("Create");
ManagementBaseObject outParams;
// Set the input parameters
inParams["Description"] = Description;
inParams["Name"] = ShareName;
inParams["Path"] = FolderPath;
inParams["Type"] = 0x0; // Disk Drive
//Another Type:
//DISK_DRIVE = 0x0;
//PRINT_QUEUE = 0x1;
//DEVICE = 0x2;
//IPC = 0x3;
//DISK_DRIVE_ADMIN = 0x80000000;
//PRINT_QUEUE_ADMIN = 0x80000001;
//DEVICE_ADMIN = 0x80000002;
//IPC_ADMIN = 0x8000003;
//inParams["MaximumAllowed"] = int maxConnectionsNum;
// Invoke the method on the ManagementClass object
outParams = managementClass.InvokeMethod("Create", inParams, null);
// Check to see if the method invocation was successful
if ((uint)(outParams.Properties["ReturnValue"].Value) != 0)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to share directory. Because Directory is already shared or directory not exist");
}//end if
}//end try
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "error!");
}//end catch
}//End Method
