How can I lock a folder in c#?

Question

Hi.I want to lock my folder with c#? How can I do it?

Mike Gold · Answer

You can set the Attributes on a file using DirectoryInfo http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directoryinfo_properties.aspx DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo ( @c:	emptest ); directoryInfo.Attributes = directoryInfo.Attributes | FileAttributes .ReadOnly; Unfortunately this won't really do much because there is not much meaning to setting a directory to readonly. You more likely want to limit write access to a user or group of users through Active Directory. Below is a link on codeproject that tells you how to do almost anything you can think of to restricting permissions to a directory: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/everythingInAD.aspx

Abdullah AKALIN · Answer

I mean make it read-only.

Mike Gold · Answer

Not sure what you mean by lock a folder. Do you want to hide a folder in the file system? Make it read-only? Prevent permission access for a particular group?