I’m trying to use the createFile and it says it can’t open it (Could not open file (error 2)). I tried to make the fileName the name of the file and the path to it. The file is just a text file with some words in it. I tried to “Verify File Access”, “Testing with a Simplified Path (LPCSTR fileName = "example.txt")”, “Check File Path Syntax (LPCSTR fileName = "C:\Users\YourUsername\Desktop\example.txt")”, “Confirm File Location”, “Confirm Working Directory”.

The code I’m using is

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    // Specify the absolute path to the file
    LPCSTR fileName = "C:\Users\97250\OneDrive\שולחן העבודה\example.txt";

    // Attempt to open the file
    HANDLE fileHandle = CreateFileA(
        fileName,                // File name
        GENERIC_READ,            // Desired access
        0,                       // Share mode
        NULL,                    // Security attributes
        OPEN_EXISTING,           // Creation disposition
        FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,   // Flags and attributes
        NULL                     // Template file handle
    );

    if (fileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
        printf("Could not open file (error %d)n", GetLastError());
        return 1;
    }

    // Buffer to store the data read
    char buffer[1024];
    DWORD bytesRead;

    // Read data from the file
    BOOL readResult = ReadFile(
        fileHandle,              // File handle
        buffer,                  // Buffer to store data
        sizeof(buffer) - 1,      // Number of bytes to read
        &bytesRead,              // Number of bytes read
        NULL                     // Overlapped
    );

    if (!readResult) {
        printf("Could not read from file (error %d)n", GetLastError());
        CloseHandle(fileHandle);
        return 1;
    }

    // Null-terminate the buffer to make it a valid string
    buffer[bytesRead] = '';

    // Print the contents of the buffer
    printf("File contents:n%sn", buffer);

    // Close the file handle
    CloseHandle(fileHandle);

    return 0;
}