Access to the path 'C:\Users\xxx\Desktop' is denied

Question

I have thoroughly searched the entire access denied questions and did't find any question related to access to windows form on my own system all the questions are related to web app.

public partial class Form2 : Form {     public Form2()     {         InitializeComponent();     }     private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)     {         byte[] imgdata;         FileStream fsrw;         string fname;         openFileDialog1.Filter = "Sai Files(*.JPG;*.GIF)|*.jpg;*.gif|All files (*.*)|*.*";         openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();//opens the dialog box         fname = openFileDialog1.FileName;//stores the file name in fname         pictureBox1.ImageLocation = fname;//gives the image location to picturebox         fsrw = new FileStream("C:\\Users\\Sainath\\Desktop", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);         imgdata = new byte[fsrw.Length];         fsrw.Read(imgdata, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fsrw.Length));         fsrw.Close();         string s = "insert into imagetest values(@p1,@p2)";         SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("server=.;Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=Work;Integrated Security=True");         SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(s, con);         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@p1", imgdata);         cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@p2", fname);         con.Open();         int i = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();         con.Close();         Console.WriteLine(i);     } } 

Answer 1

You may have to run your program/IDE as Administrator to access that folder, due to how Windows default permissions work.

For more context:

The path leads to a folder - not a file. I believe FileStreams in C-based languages must actually point to a file, rather than a directory: ie. C:\Users\Username\Desktop\file.extension