I'm updating an old winforms app which moves files to new locations using regex and System.IO.File.Move
Under windows 7, the old app worked fine. If a folder didn't exist, File.Move would create it
System.IO.File.Move("c:\stuff\a.txt","c:\stuff\a\file.txt");
System.IO.File.Move("c:\stuff\b.txt","c:\stuff\b\file.txt");
System.IO.File.Move("c:\stuff\c.txt","c:\stuff\c\file.txt");
However, under Windows 8 it seems that I have to manually create each folder in the path first. I get an error if I try and move to a folder that doesn't exist yet. Anyone know a way around this? I'd rather not have to create each folder
NOTE: The new, updated app is on WPF rather than winforms. Not sure if that's relevant
Before you File.Move() you could do:
new System.IO.FileInfo("c:\\stuff\\a\\file.txt").Directory.Create();
The above will create the "stuff" and "a" folders if they don't exist.