Chris Williams [http://community.jboss.org/people/brandx] created the discussion "Re: Give permission to write to a folder?" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/583723#583723 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1) To be truthful, it's JBoss EWP 5.1 not the community edition (I didn't think that it might be a version specific issue, hence asking here. I do have a question out to our reseller as well). Win 7. Java 6 update 23. 2) I'm starting it on the command line. 3) JBoss is being run as myself (chris.williams). If I start it as an Administrator, then it's run as my Admin account. 4) There is no exception since java.io.File.delete() just returns a boolean rather than throwing an exception. 5) ->                     String resFolder = getInitParameter("resources.folder");                     if (request.getParameter("page_action") != null) {                               if (request.getParameter("page_action").compareTo("delete") == 0) {                                         File f = new File(resFolder + request.getParameter("filename"));                                         if (!f.delete()) {                                                   ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();                                                   out.print("Couldn't delete");                                                   out.close();                                                   return;                                         }                                         response.sendRedirect("Resources.html");                                         return;                               }                     } 6) Yes, a standalone application is able to delete from the target folder, even while JBoss is still running. I also tried setting the scan folder for the servlet to C:\ and was able to delete a file there, just not a file from the target folder. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/583723#583723] Start a new discussion in Beginner's Corner at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]