Visual Studio Code – ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory throws System.UnauthorizedAccessException

I keep getting an exception when trying to unzip to a folder with elevated permissions. I am trying to avoid having to externally change the permissions since it would have to be on a large number of computers.

System.Exception: Error transferring files
       ---> System.Exception: Error unzipping C:TransferFilesZipFolder.zip to C:ProgramDataTecan
       ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path C:ProgramDataTecanSVNRootSystemSW_1.0format is denied.
         at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.CreateFile(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options)
         at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable1 unixCreateMode)
         at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable1 unixCreateMode)
         at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.ChooseStrategyCore(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
         at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileStreamOptions options)
         at System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions.ExtractToFile(ZipArchiveEntry source, String destinationFileName, Boolean overwrite)
         at System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions.ExtractRelativeToDirectory(ZipArchiveEntry source, String destinationDirectoryName, Boolean overwrite)
         at System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions.ExtractToDirectory(ZipArchive source, String destinationDirectoryName, Boolean overwriteFiles)
         at System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(String sourceArchiveFileName, String destinationDirectoryName, Encoding entryNameEncoding, Boolean overwriteFiles)

I thought maybe it was because the file did not have an extension, but unzipping to other folders with lower permission level does allow you to unzip a file like that.

I am using Visual Studio Code to develop and run my program. I have tried running as an administrator, which solved the issue for some other permission related issues I was having but was not able to get around this. I also attempted to change the accessrule and change the owner:

DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(destination);
 DirectorySecurity directorySecurity = directoryInfo.GetAccessControl();
 FileSystemAccessRule fileSystemAccessRule = new FileSystemAccessRule(
 new SecurityIdentifier(WellKnownSidType.BuiltinAdministratorsSid, null),
 FileSystemRights.FullControl,
 InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit | InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit,
 PropagationFlags.InheritOnly,
 AccessControlType.Allow);
 directorySecurity.AddAccessRule(fileSystemAccessRule);
 directoryInfo.SetAccessControl(directorySecurity);

DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(destination);
DirectorySecurity directorySecurity = directoryInfo.GetAccessControl();
var owner = directorySecurity.GetOwner(typeof(NTAccount));
var newOwner = new NTAccount(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);
directorySecurity.SetOwner(newOwner);
directoryInfo.SetAccessControl(directorySecurity);