{"id":388394,"date":"2024-10-07T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T13:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/acces-to-path-session_files-is-denied-error\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:03:28","slug":"acces-to-path-session_files-is-denied-error","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/acces-to-path-session_files-is-denied-error\/","title":{"rendered":"acces to path &#8216;session_files&#8217; is denied error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, when I try to open workbench files the error &#8220;The project __ may be corrupted and recovery files are available&#8230;&#8221; (see attached photo #1) comes up. If I press no the &#8220;acces to path &#8216;session_files&#8217; is denied&#8221; (see attached photo #2) error comes up. This error would also come up anytime I would try to save a project. If I press yes it says it failed and another error comes up (attached photo #3). I tried running workbench as administrator and was still unable to open files. Essentially I cannot open a projects I&#8217;ve worked on, I can only start a new one. Please help with this error.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/07-10-2024-1728306634-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/07-10-2024-1728306926-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/07-10-2024-1728307106-mceclip2.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&#8221;font-size: 14pt;&#8221;&gt;The details for the &#8220;acces to path &#8216;session_files&#8217; is denied&#8221; are as follows&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;System.IO.IOException: Access to the path &#8216;session_files&#8217; is denied.&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke[T1,T2,T3,T4,TResult](Func<code>5 func, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3, T4 arg4, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke[T1,T2,T3,T4](Action<\/code>4 action, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3, T4 arg4, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke[T1,T2,T3](Action<code>3 action, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, T3 arg3, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke[T1,T2](Action<\/code>2 action, T1 arg1, T2 arg2, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke[T1](Action<code>1 action, T1 arg1, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FuncRetries.Invoke(Action action, Int32 numberOfRetries)&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FileSystem.RemoveDirectoryRecursive(DirectoryInfo directory, List<\/code>1&amp; failedFiles)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FileSystem.RemoveDirectoryRecursive(DirectoryInfo directory, List`1&amp; failedFiles)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Utilities.FileSystem.RemoveDirectoryRecursive(String directoryPath)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Persistence.Commands.OpenCommand.Execute(IFullContext context)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.CommandWorkUnit.executeInContext(CommandContext subContext, IExecutionEngineCallback tracer)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.BaseWorkUnit.doExecute(IExecutionEngineCallback executionEngine, CommandContext subContext)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.Concurrency.BaseWorkUnit.Execute(IExecutionEngineCallback executionEngine, Boolean dontCatchExceptions)&lt;br&gt;&#8212; Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandFailedException: Access to the path &#8216;session_files&#8217; is denied.&lt;br&gt;CommandName: Open(FilePath=&#8221;C:\/test\/Lab 1 v2\/Lab 1 v2.wbpj&#8221;)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandAsyncResult.RethrowFailureException(Exception e)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Commands.CommandAsyncResult.Wait(Int32 milliSecondsTimeout, Boolean exitContext)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.Core.Persistence.Commands.OpenCommand.InvokeAndWait(IProtectedContext context, IProgressMonitor progressMonitor, String FilePath)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.Standard.ProjectOperationUtility.ProjectOpen(String filePath, Boolean relaunch)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.Standard.AbstractOpenProjectOperation.Invoke(IUserInteractor context)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.GuiOperationContext.Invoke(GuiOperationMetaData operationData)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;at Ansys.UI.UIManager.InvokeOperationCore(String pseudoname, OperationDelegate callback, Boolean allowOSMessages, Boolean coreTransaction, Boolean deferredRefreshOnly)&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-388394","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello, when I try to open workbench files the error &quot;The project __ may be corrupted and recovery files are available...&quot; (see attached photo #1) comes up. 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