How to Change Permission of Folder in Visual Basic / C#

VB.NET Set Folder Permission / C# Set Folder Permission


In this snippet we create a new directory and set the permission of it to Fullcontrol using ACL.

private static void ChangePermissionOfDir() 

{ 

//Folder DirectoryInfo NewDir = Directory.CreateDirectory(@"C:\Temp\Te21");

DirectorySecurity dSecur = NewDir.GetAccessControl(); 

FileSystemAccessRule fAccess = 

new FileSystemAccessRule("Everyone",FileSystemRights.FullControl,AccessControlType.Allow  );

dSecur.AddAccessRule(fAccess); 

NewDir.SetAccessControl(dSecur); 

}