FileAttributes Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.Storage

Describes the attributes of a file or folder.

This enumeration supports a bitwise combination of its member values.

public enum class FileAttributes

/// [System.Flags]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
enum class FileAttributes

[System.Flags]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
public enum FileAttributes

var value = Windows.Storage.FileAttributes.normal

Public Enum FileAttributes

Inheritance

Enum

FileAttributes

Attributes

FlagsAttribute ContractVersionAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Normal	0	The item is normal. That is, the item doesn't have any of the other values in the enumeration.
ReadOnly	1	The item is read-only.
Directory	16	The item is a directory.
Archive	32	The item is archived.
Temporary	256	The item is a temporary file.
LocallyIncomplete	512	The item is locally incomplete. Windows only.

Examples

The following example shows how to check the attributes of a folder.

using Windows.Storage;
using System.Diagnostics; // For writing results to the Output window.

// Get the app's installation folder.
StorageFolder appFolder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;

// Get the folder's attributes.
FileAttributes folderAttributes = appFolder.Attributes;

// Check the folder's attributes.
// Write the results to the Visual Studio Output window.
if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is read-only.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Directory) == FileAttributes.Directory)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is a folder.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Archive) == FileAttributes.Archive)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is archived.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Temporary) == FileAttributes.Temporary)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is temporary.");

Remarks

The FileAttributes enumeration is used with the StorageFile.Attributes and StorageFolder.Attributes properties.

The enumeration values match the Win32 file type attributes. Therefore the enumeration values correspond to the Win32 values, which are flags in base 2.