Changeset 1866

Timestamp:

3/1/2010 6:45:19 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

lowjoel

Message:

When deleting files which do not belong to the current user an ArgumentException? is raised. Handle this situation.

File:

• trunk/eraser6/Eraser.DefaultPlugins/FileSystems/Windows.cs (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/eraser6/Eraser.DefaultPlugins/FileSystems/Windows.cs

@@ -76 +76 @@
                 return;
 
-            //Set the date of the file to be invalid to prevent forensic
-            //detection
-            info.Attributes = FileAttributes.NotContentIndexed;
+            //Reset the file attributes to non-content indexed so indexing
+            //services will not lock the file.
+            try
+            {
+                info.Attributes = FileAttributes.NotContentIndexed;
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentException e)
+            {
+                //This is an undocumented exception: when the path we are setting
+                //cannot be accessed (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED is returned) an
+                //ArgumentException is raised (no idea why!)
+                throw new UnauthorizedAccessException(e.Message, e);
+            }
 
             //Rename the file a few times to erase the entry from the file system