>>>I am addressing this post directly to Norwegian developers, but writing in english so others can read it (and it just takes a lot longer to write in norwegian).
>>>
>>>I have posted about this issue in the past but had no replies.
>>>
>>>I first encountered this exception on a norwegian pc running Windows with Norwegian language package.
>>>
>>>The exception is in Norwegian:
>>>Noen eller all identitetsreferanser kan ikke oversettes.
>>>
>>>But I have also seen the exception in english (I think on a danish PC and/or french PC)
>>>Some or all identity references could not be translated.
>>>
>>>I am not sure where this beeing thrown from and I can't reproduce it on my computer. My app only seem to throw this exception on computers with French, Norwegian or Danish language package for Windows.
>>>
>>>Any help on this would be great.
>>>
>>>You can reply in norwegian if you want to.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Einar
>>
>>I finnaly got a hold of a Swedish laptop where I could generate the exception. The following code throws the exception mentioned above:
>>

>>        public static void AddFolderAccess(string path, string identity)
>>        {
>>            DirectorySecurity directorySecurity = Directory.GetAccessControl(path);
>>            FileSystemAccessRule fileSystemAccessRule = new FileSystemAccessRule
>>                (identity
>>                , FileSystemRights.Modify
>>                , InheritanceFlags.ContainerInherit | InheritanceFlags.ObjectInherit
>>                , PropagationFlags.None
>>                , AccessControlType.Allow);
>>
>>            directorySecurity.AddAccessRule(fileSystemAccessRule);
>>            Directory.SetAccessControl(path, directorySecurity);
>>        }
>>

>>
>>If anyone (not only norwegian developers) can help me shed some light on this that would be great.
>
>Warning: I know very little .Net/C#, but here's a SWAG. You're not showing the namespaces you're using. Can you try fully qualifying the class names in your code, rather than relying on the namespaces?
>
>My other, even SWAGgier thought was if somehow, something in your code was a reserved word or some such.

I don't think it is a problem with the code per say (it compiles). The code runs just fine on all computers running US Windows and on most non-US versions of Windows.

DirectorySecurity is part of the System.Security.AccessControl namespace
Directory is part of the System.IO namespace