How to open a Shared Folder on the File Explorer using Process.Start Method with userName and Password

Question

As title says I'm trying to open a Shared Folder on File Explorer using other credentials (I already did it without using userName and Password).

Here's what I tried:

Process prc = new Process();
prc.StartInfo.FileName = Folder; // <-- Calculated string, special characters correctly escaped.
prc.StartInfo.Domain = FolderDomain; // <-- String
prc.StartInfo.UserName = User; // <-- String
prc.StartInfo.Password = Password; // <-- SecureString
prc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
prc.Start();

That code send me to Catch on "prc.Start();" with the exception message "Access denied". The question is that the user I'm trying to log as does have permissions...

Where am I making the mistake?

How is this related to ASP.NET? – Klaus Gütter Jul 06 '20 at 11:47 — Klaus Gütter, Jul 06 '20 at 11:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '20 at 08:25

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Refer this and

UNC Path. Looks you need to use UNC path to get access of network shared folder

answered Jul 07 '20 at 08:25

visweswaran

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I already solved it with a simplest option, thanks anyways! – rwpk9 Jul 09 '20 at 11:58

rwpk9 · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-10T14:17:16.187

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SOLVED!!

I've made it work with:

Process.Start(@"C:\Windows\explorer.exe", @"\\Folder\", User, Password, UserDomain);

User and UserDomain are strings, Password is a SecureString.

edited Feb 10 '23 at 14:17

answered Jul 09 '20 at 11:53

rwpk9

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How to open a Shared Folder on the File Explorer using Process.Start Method with userName and Password

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