Access denied to folder in one class but not another

Question

I get an exception when trying the rename a folder with this code:

Directory.Move(@"D:\MyOldFolderName", @"D:\MyNewFolderName");

The exception:

System.IO.IOException was unhandled
  Message="Access to the path 'D:\\MyOldFolderName' is denied."
  Source="mscorlib"
  StackTrace:
     at System.IO.Directory.Move(String sourceDirName, String destDirName)
     ...

The thing is, the EXACT same codeline works in another class of my application. The application only consist of one single DLL.

What is happening here? Any ideas?

More info:

The application is a WPF application, using the MVVM design pattern.
The class where the folder rename DOES work is a ViewModel.
The class where the folder rename does NOT work is a helper class (the method does some database related stuff before trying to rename the folder).

Are both running on the same thread? – Mikael Eliasson Jan 29 '11 at 16:46 — Mikael Eliasson, Jan 29 '11 at 16:46

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '11 at 16:50

This is probably not due to rights but to the fact that somewhere in the code you're opening files/streams from those folders... put a breakpoint before you try to move the folder and examine that folder with some tool like Who Lock Me or similar to see are there any differences when the first class does it, and the second one... I would expect that just before you try to move the folder with the 'failing' class the folder you're moving is locked (in use)...

Access denied to folder in one class but not another

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