System.UnauthorizedAccessException, trying to use XML serialization-CodePudding

This is the function I use to save the data. The data is stored inside holder(SettingsHolder). The directory I need is recognised but it does not have permission.

        //Save the data of a new user, called by NewUser();
        public static void SaveNew(string filename)
        {
            UserLogins.SettingsHolder holder = new UserLogins.SettingsHolder();

            FileStream stream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
            var XML = new XmlSerializer(typeof(UserLogins.SettingsHolder));
            XML.Serialize(stream, holder);
        }

This is where I call SaveNew:

        public static void NewUser()
        {
            UserSlot = FindLastEmptyUser();

            // Set user default settings.
            Console.WriteLine(users[UserSlot]);
            Console.WriteLine("What will the new user's name be?");
            UserLogins.SettingsHolder.name = Console.ReadLine();
            users[UserSlot] = UserLogins.SettingsHolder.name;

            UserLogins.SettingsHolder.status = 0;
            Console.WriteLine("Ok, I made a new user called "   users[UserSlot]);
            Console.WriteLine("");

            // Write defaults to XML file

            SaveNew(Environment.CurrentDirectory   users[UserSlot]);
            UserDataLoader.PromptUsers();
        }

I have tried the instructions of other people who have asked this question but they didn't work.

The exact error message is System.UnauthorizedAccessException: 'Access to the path 'C:\Users\(my user)\OneDrive\Desktop\Projects\dotnet\dotnet1\bin

Can anyone help me here?

CodePudding user response：

Fixed it, the file was in the Users(my user) directory so it did not have access, only the user and admins have access to that. I moved it to C:\ and it fixed itself.

I had the problem again on a different project so just in case that didn't work for other people, I had set filename to a directory, make sure it includes the name of the file as well as the directory