UWP FileSavePicker.PickSaveFileAsync() throws Unspecified error

Question

I'm trying to use the FileSavePicker for the first time, but I keep getting an "Unspecified error", with no exception source, when I call await picker.PickSaveFileAsync();

I notice the exceptions data dictionary contains a value 'RestrictedErrorObject-{1F77CB5A-D22F-071F-2637-E6B7C7573653}', so I'm assuming it's permission related somehow.

var picker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker();
//picker.SuggestedStartLocation = Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
//picker.SuggestedStartLocation = Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId.Downloads;                
//picker.DefaultFileExtension = "csv";
//picker.FileTypeChoices.Add("CSV", new List<string>() { "*.csv" });
picker.SuggestedFileName = fileName;

StorageFile newFile = await picker.PickSaveFileAsync();

Borrego

Have you tried to add default file extension? I think that pickers do crash without it, at least I am sure for open file picker. – Renie

@AdrianK Maybe you Need to add some capabilities in the AppManifest – Ddt

Answer 1

So it's now working, I used some code of a Microsoft article (shown below). To be honest I'm struggling to see what the difference was. I definitely didn't need to do anything in the manifest. I used a default extension - but removed the wildcard { ".csv" }, so that may have been it. But if the wildcard is used you'll get "The parameter is incorrect" exception, which differs from the exceptions I was getting before.

This code works:

var savePicker = new Windows.Storage.Pickers.FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = Windows.Storage.Pickers.PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("CSV", new List<string>() { ".csv" });
savePicker.SuggestedFileName = fileName;

StorageFile newFile = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();

Borrego

I ran into the same issue. I think the line for FileTypeChoices.Add is what's "fixing" it. – Polley

Answer 2

I solved this error by adding a file type:

picker.FileTypeFilter.Add(".csv");

Taken