Does modifying directory contents affect opened files (UWP)?

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Does modifying directory contents affect opened files (UWP)?

Mike 1

I have a UWP application, which opens a directory using FolderPicker and reads / plays the files in this directory. It seems that if the directory is been modified (e.g. more files are copied into it) whilst the program is using it, the program exits. This is only a suspicion as no exception is caught (neither by my handlers nor by AppCenter), it just exits.

Is this a known behaviour?

Ivanich 306 Reputation points

2020-10-18T15:46:22.09+00:00

It isn't of course, perhaps there is a bug within your code. Have you tried to reproduce it in Debug configuration without exceptions filtering? Does Application.UnhandledException fires?
Richard Zhang-MSFT 6,936 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2020-10-23T08:55:22.773+00:00

Hello, has your problem been resolved? If you have other questions, please feel free to ask
Mike 1 Reputation point

2020-10-23T18:30:48.797+00:00

Hi, thanks for asking. I am currently fighting with another problem (https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/3407#issuecomment-713991746), which happens more often, so this one is put on hold for now.