Accessing files from another machine.

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Hi,
I have remote access to one of machine(Windows) with Admin privileges.Is it possible to get the list of files from specified directory of that machine using c#.
Note:The directory is not a shared path.

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Posted 5-Oct-15 8:39am

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Updated 5-Oct-15 19:29pm

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2015-10-05T16:55:00

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If you are not running your application with admin privileges or at least as a user who has access to this file share, you will not be able to read these files.

Posted 5-Oct-15 16:55pm

Abhinav S

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Member 11844667 6-Oct-15 1:31am

Abhinav Thanks..I have admin privileges to that machine is it possible to access the folders.

Abhinav S 6-Oct-15 2:06am

If it is not shared then maybe not.

Try something like \\myserver\C$\foo\bar\.
Note the drive name and the $.