Access to the path is denied PowerShell

Question

I have to add the local files to list item as an attachment with PowerShell. While reading the file I got an error "Access Denied" as below-

**Exception calling "ReadAllBytes" with "1" argument(s): "Access to the path 'D:\Projects\Test\List Data\Attachments\3' is denied."

Code Snippet-

$filePath = "D:\Projects\Test\List Data\Attachments\" + $item.ID
$bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($filePath)
$item.Attachments.Add([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($filePath),$bytes)  
$item.Update()

How to fix this?

Answer 1

Make sure the current user have access to D:\Projects\Test\List Data\Attachments\ by doing the following

• Right click in this folder >
• Select sharing with> provide the user that you have used to run PowerShell.
• Set permission level to can Read and Write.
• Try to run the script again, it should be working.

Update

I have noticed that you didn't pass the extension of your file , $filePath = "D:\Projects\Test\List Data\Attachments\" + $item.ID try to concatenate the extension like $filePath = "D:\Projects\Test\List Data\Attachments\" + $item.ID +".the file extension" , maybe this is the reason !

Answer 2

I was missed to iterate the files in the folder, so it gives the error.

The below is the solution which I got from here

        $files = [IO.Directory]::GetFiles($filePath)
        ForEach($file in $files)
        {
        Write-Host "File Name = " $file
        $bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($file)
        $row.Attachments.Add([System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($file), $bytes)
        }
        $row.Update()

Hope for the best!