create folder error 7

[rickford66]

Running LV2010 and I'm having trouble with creating some folders on my c: drive.  Attached is a pic of the code.  It thows and error 7 everytime it runs and it will not create the folders.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

[Charles_former_CLA]

Looks like you are creating the folder on the root. Are you running Win Vista/7/8? UAC (User Account Control) can disable some programs from messing with the root directories. Try right-clicking LabVIEW and running as Administrator.

[moderator1983]

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@rickford66 wrote:

Running LV2010 and I'm having trouble with creating some folders on my c: drive.  Attached is a pic of the code.  It thows and error 7 everytime it runs and it will not create the folders.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

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--> Close LabVIEW.

--> Right clicking LabVIEW shortcut and select "Run as administrator"

--> Now try running the same VI...

[crossrulz]

If the file or directory does not exist, you will get error code 7 out of the File/Directory Info VI.  What I usually do for creating a folder is to just use Create Folder and ignore the error you get if it already exists (error code 10).

[rickford66]

Ok, I think I'm all set.  I took both your suggestions.  I put the folders into the Users\Public folder and I created them without checking for their existance.  It's working now.  Thanks.

[crossrulz]

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rickford66 wrote:It's working now.  Thanks.

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The only proper thanks is a Kudo

[rickford66]

Haha, no problem.