[sonia.sardana]

I m Using the Foll. method to Read the Contents of a File. If i m reading the doc,txt prog is working file. I m using the File "D:\pagefile.sys", ERROR is there,The process cannot access the file 'D:\pagefile.sys' because it is being used by another process.
how To Read Contents of "D:\pagefile.sys".
Need UR Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imports System.io
Module Module1

    Sub Main()
        Dim fs As FileStream
        fs = New FileStream("D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\SCAN%20HDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD[1].doc", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.Read)
        Dim d As New StreamReader(fs)

        d.BaseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)

        While d.Peek() > -1
            Console.WriteLine(d.ReadToEnd)
            Console.ReadLine()
        End While
        d.Close()


    End Sub

End Module

Mod Edit: Please use code tags when posting your code =>
Thanks PsychoCoder

This post has been edited by PsychoCoder: 17 June 2008 - 09:51 AM

[PsychoCoder]

That's a system file, which is always in use. I dont know of a way to read system files like that, I'm not sure how to get around the error you're getting.

[modi123_1]

PsychoCoder, on 17 Jun, 2008 - 12:52 PM, said:

That's a system file, which is always in use. I dont know of a way to read system files like that, I'm not sure how to get around the error you're getting.

I don't believe you can because it's constantly in use.. maybe making a copy and accessing the copy would work..

[jacobjordan]

Not possible in my book. I tried to open it in notepad, didn't work. I tried copying it and opening the copy, didn't work (didn't event let me copy it). No way that i know of.

[PsychoCoder]

After further research the other two are correct. Because it's a system file there's no way to stop it from being "in use", and since it's a system file it cannot be copied either. So it appears you're out of luck on this one

[sonia.sardana]

Ohh I See. But acc. To me there must be a some way.....May be we are not getting it.

[modi123_1]

sonia.sardana, on 19 Jun, 2008 - 08:51 AM, said:

Ohh I See. But acc. To me there must be a some way.....May be we are not getting it.

Why do you want access to the page file? It's a fairly integral part of Windows to have that page file, and i would imagine to access it from the windows session you are using it on would be prohibited in all sense of the word... not to mention altering the page file is probably a bit on the epic-fail end of the spectrum of things to do to your pc while running it...

[narmer93]

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