I made sucessful Silverlight apps with disc access. See enter link description here I couln't get ExtendedExecutionSession so app can work when navigated away. So I made UWP app. See enter link description here I am getting exceptions that disc access is denied. Did UWP destroy disc access?

I made sucessful Silverlight apps with disc access. See enter link description here I couln't get ExtendedExecutionSession so app can work when navigated away. So I made UWP app. See enter link description here I am getting exceptions that disc access is denied. Did UWP destroy disc access?

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• broadFileSystemAccess capability – Hans Passant Commented Mar 23 at 16:37
• 1 Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. – Community Bot Commented Mar 24 at 16:01

1 Answer 1

Please add the broadFileSystemAccess capability into your project in order to access the file in locations that the app doesn't have permission. This is mentioned here: App capability

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Package
    ...
    xmlns:rescap="http://schemas.microsoft/appx/manifest/foundation/windows10/restrictedcapabilities"
    IgnorableNamespaces="... rescap">
...
<Capabilities>
    <rescap:Capability Name="broadFileSystemAccess"/>
</Capabilities>
</Package>