How to get an exe to play nice with an external file?

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Connor Ward 0 Newbie Poster

13 Years Ago

Hi guys/gals,

I've recently developed a piece of software and it currently uses 1 external .txt file (located in the bin\debug folder of the project folder) that is used to store data long term.

The program works wonderfully when i use the visual studio 2008 debugger, but when i either publish it, use the .exe from the project folder or save it as a release version it gives me various errors with regards to not being able to find the .txt which its trying to read.

Does anyone have any idea's as to why this might be?

Many thanks,
Connor

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lolafuertes 145 Master Poster

13 Years Ago

Wich is the path you use to open the file?

Momerath 1,327 Nearly a Senior Poster

13 Years Ago

Are you running on Vista or Win7? Do you install to the Program Files directory?

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Connor Ward 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2011-09-16T17:11:27+00:00

well im using the stream read/write statements so i dont have to define a path, but its in the project>bin>debug folder.

Connor Ward 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2011-09-16T19:29:12+00:00

windows 7 and i run the installer to the default directory, which is the program files directory.

Momerath 1,327 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster · Answer 3 · 2011-09-17T04:00:24+00:00

By default on Vista and Windows 7 you can not write to the Program Files directory. External Files need to go to the directory returned by Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) . I wrote all about that here.