Windows Service - FileWatcher doesn't work on D drive

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Elmo Watson

I'm using a windows service, with a Filewatcher, to poll a particular
folder.
I can always get it to work correctly if I set the folder somewhere on the C
drive (which is the boot drive also), however, it never works at all if I
set it to look an any folder on the D Drive. The files are totally ignored.

I'm setting up the ServiceProcessInstaller using the LocalSystem Account.

What might I be missing here, or can it only work on the C Drive?
 
Is your "D" drive a local hard disk? Is it formmatted using NTFS file system?
does "SYSTEM" have permissions to read the target folder?
 
D Drive is a local hard drive on the computer, though I haven't checked the
other -
Thanks - that gives me somewhere to look
 
SYSTEM does, indeed have read/modify permissions.
Does it need to be NTFS, for this to work?
 
Yes - it's definitely NTFS

Rowland Shaw said:
Is your "D" drive a local hard disk? Is it formmatted using NTFS file
system?
does "SYSTEM" have permissions to read the target folder?
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